IN RE ESTATE OF THOMAS

Docket No. A-5171-11T2

66 A.3d 205 (2013)

431 N.J. Super. 22

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Jack D. THOMAS, Deceased.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided May 22, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Linda Ballan, L.L.C., attorneys for appellant Dorothy Davis ( Linda Ballan , Bloomfield, of counsel and on the brief; Paul DePetris, Turnersville, on the brief).

Hanlon Niemann, P.C., attorneys for respondents Rhonda Duty , Marcella Williams , Janelle Simms (a/k/a Lynn Foxworth ), Sidney Riley , Gregory Thomas , Delma Thompson , Willard Arlo Riley , Erwin Darnell Coleman , Lois Scroggins , Denise Coleman , Estate of Patsy Woods (deceased), Richard Riley , and Tomeeka Coleman ( Lauren D. Bercik , Freehold, on the joint brief).

Lois D. Sutton, L.L.C., attorney for respondent James O. Thomas , Administrator of the Estate ( Lois D. Sutton , West Long Branch, on the joint brief).

Sellar Richardson , P.C., attorneys for respondent Western Surety Company, join in the brief of respondents.

Before Judges FISHER, ALVAREZ and ST. JOHN.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

FISHER, P.J.A.D.

In this appeal, we review an order that summarily dismissed plaintiff Dorothy Davis's complaint, which sought a declaratory judgment that she is decedent's only child and sole heir, and which also sought vacation of the grant of letters of administration to defendant James Thomas, decedent's sole surviving brother. In addition, we consider the judge's denial...

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