IN RE ESTATE OF JONES

No. 73951-0.

93 P.3d 147 (2004)

152 Wash.2d 1

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

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided July 1, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis J. Gebhardt, Robert Franklin Greer, Feltman Gebhardt Greer Zeimantz PS, Spokane, for Petitioners.

Philip Albert Talmadge, Talmadge Law Group PLLC, Tukwila, for Respondent.

Michael Cohen, Michael B. King, Gail Mautner, Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP, Seattle, June A. Jackson, Edmonds, David William Savage, Pullman, for Amicus Curiae (Washington State Bar Association).


OWENS, J.

The Spokane County Superior Court removed Russell Jones, a beneficiary and the personal representative of Marcella Jones's estate, from his position based on several breaches of fiduciary duty to the remaining beneficiaries, his three brothers. The appellate court reinstated him as the personal representative holding the trial court lacked the specific legal grounds for his removal listed in RCW 11.68.070 and 11.28.250. We construe RCW 11.68.070 and 11.28...

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