GRAY v. BINDER

Record No. 161419.

805 S.E.2d 768 (2017)

Steven C. GRAY v. Frances BINDER, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 2, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Stuart , Fairfax, for appellant.

Marla J. Diaz , Falls Church ( MaryEllen Willman ; Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, on brief), for appellees Frances Binder; Marion Dahlin Attinger ; Betty Hurlbut ; James A. Carlson ; William C. Carlson ; Steven K. Carlson ; Sandra C. Williams ; Mary E. Radke ; Robert R. Dahlin ; Virginia L. Lamothe ; Kenneth C. Mazzuca ; John G. Mazzuca ; Barbara J. Korn ; Gerald W. Trapp ; Gary Zumski ; Edward P. Zumski, Jr. ; Cheryl L. Thielsen ; Judy LaFoe ; Debra L. Dirth ; Bonnie Kish ; Gregory J. Trapp ; Jeffry R. Trapp ; Joseph Weishaupt ; Ernest Weishaupt ; Brian Weishaupt ; Gary Bahnfleth ; Michelle Bahnfleth .

No brief filed by appellees Paul J. Bahnfleth ; Steven M. Bahnfleth ; Ronald L. Irby ; Ross Irby ; Charles E. Bahnfleth , Executor of the Estate of William A. Bahnfleth, III; Barbara M. Buescher ; Terry L. Cox ; Vicki Cox ; David Cresswell ; Donald Cresswell ; Barbara Messer Duke ; Carol Hope Elmore ; Daniel Irion ; Robert Eldon Irion ; James S. Irion ; Steven C. Irion ; Lynette Lemon ; Donald Messer ; George R. Messer ; William E. Cresswell ; Earl Lee Smith ; Earl Eugene Smith ; Casie Smith ; Michael Stein ; Freida Williams ; Arthur R. Stein ; David L. Messer ; Richard C. Messer, II ; Juanita I. Reynolds ; Nanette Ringenberg ; Estate of Ruth Schwartz; Albert James Cresswell, Jr. ; Cindy Lynn Cresswell ; Carol Neely ; Richard E. Knight , Administrator.

Amiens Curiae: Virginia Conference of Commissioners of Accounts (Jeffrey S. Palmore; ReedSmith, Richmond, on brief), in support of appellees.

PRESENT: All the Justices


In this appeal, we consider whether a potential beneficiary under a will may collaterally attack the distribution of the decedent's estate by challenging the subject matter jurisdiction of the commissioner of accounts who, without a referral from the circuit court, gave aid and guidance in the interpretation...

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