COURTNEY v. LAWSON

No. 666, September Term, 1993.

97 Md. App. 471 (1993)

631 A.2d 102

JOYACE A. COURTNEY v. VALERIE LAWSON.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

September 28, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor L. Crawford, Rockville, for appellant.

Joseph J. Trepel (Hannon & Trepel, on the brief), Silver Spring, for appellee, Lawson.

Timothy P. O'Brien (Fred R. Joseph and Joseph, Greenwald & Laake, P.A., on the brief), Greenbelt, for appellee, Goodloe.

Argued before WILNER, C.J., and MOTZ, and MURPHY, JJ.


WILNER, Chief Judge.

The testamentary law of Maryland sets forth an order of preference that the court must follow in appointing an administrator for an intestate estate. A decedent's child is preferred over the decedent's sibling, but the sibling is preferred over someone unrelated to the decedent. The law also, however, disqualifies a person under 18 from serving as administrator. The question before us is whether the mother of the decedent's minor child, who has...

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