IN RE ESTATE OF JONES

No. 20651-3-III.

67 P.3d 1113 (2003)

116 Wash.App. 353

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Marcella Louise JONES, Deceased. Jeffrey P. Jones and Peter C. Jones, Respondents, v. Russell K. Jones, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, Panel Eight.

April 3, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip A. Talmadge, Talmadge & Stockmeyer, Tukwila, WA, for Appellant.

Robert F. Greer, Feltman, Gebhardt, Greer, Spokane, WA, for Respondents.


SWEENEY, J.

The superior court has broad authority to oversee the administration of a probated estate, subject only to review for abuse of discretion. But a court does not have this broad discretion when the will confers nonintervention powers on the personal representative. To assert superior court jurisdiction over an estate once its nonintervention status is established, the court must find that the personal representative...

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