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IN RE ESTATE OF ROACH

595 A.2d 433 (1991)

In re ESTATE OF Ethel ROACH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 29, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Mitchell (orally) and Jed Davis, P.A., Augusta, for appellant Edward J. Moss.

Daniel C. Purdy (orally), Stephen A. Little Associates, Rockland, for appellee/cross-appellant, Town of Thomaston.

Frederick M. Newcomb, III (orally), Rockland, for appellee Margaret W. Mills.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, COLLINS and BRODY, JJ.

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

This case arises out of a will contest involving the Estate of Ethel Roach, who died domiciled in Knox County. As its primary issue, the appeal presents the question whether a probate judge must transfer the administration of an estate to an adjoining county if the judge is a creditor of a party contesting a proffered will. Directly at issue is 4 M.R.S.A. § 307 (1989), which provides in pertinent part:

When a judge ... of probate...

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