MARTIN v. MARTIN

No. 21-0757, No. 22-0417.

888 S.E.2d 434 (2023)

Sherree D. MARTIN, Executor of the Estate of Shirley A. Martin, Trustee of the Shirley A. Martin Trust, and Trustee of the Carl J. Martin, Sr. Trust, Petitioner, v. William A. MARTIN, Sherree D. Martin, Carl J. Martin, II, Teresa A. Martin Pike, Carl Robert Martin, Patrick Stephen Martin, Carli Jo Martin, Jeffrey Todd Edgell, Martina Elizabeth Ann Edgell, Jasmine Pike, and Sophia Pike, interested parties to the Estate of Shirley A. Martin, the Shirley A. Martin Trust, and the Carl J. Martin, Sr. Trust, Respondents. Carl J. Martin, II, Teresa A. Martin-Pike, Patrick Stephen Martin, Carl Robert Martin, Carli Jo Martin, Jasmine Pike, and Sophia Pike, Petitioners, v. Sherree D. Martin, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Filed: June 2, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy H. Cunningham, Esq. , Andrew W. Holbrook, Esq. , LEWIS GLASSER PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, Counsel for Sherree D. Martin, former Executor of the Estate of Shirley A. Martin, Trustee of the Shirley A. Martin Trust, and Trustee of the Carl J. Martin, Sr. Trust.

William J. O'Brien, Esq. , Stephenee R. Gandee, Esq. , STEPTOE & JOHNSON PLLC, Bridgeport, West Virginia, Counsel for Carl J. Martin, II.

Thomas A. Vorbach, Esq. , STEPTOE & JOHNSON PLLC, Morgantown, West Virginia, Counsel for Carl J. Martin, II.

Robert C. Chenoweth, Esq. , Jeffrey S. Zurbuch, Esq. , BUSCH, ZURBUCH & THOMPSON, PLLC, Elkins, West Virginia, Counsel for Teresa Martin-Pike.

R. Mike Mullens, Esq. , R. MIKE MULLENS & ASSOCIATES, L.C., Elkins, West Virginia, Guardian Ad Litem for Jasmine Pike and Sophia Pike.

Steven B. Nanners, Esq. , NANNERS LAW OFFICE, PLLC, Buckhannon, West Virginia, Counsel for Carl Robert Martin, Patrick Stephen Martin, and Carli Jo Martin.

John F. Hussell, IV, Esq. , WOOTON, DAVIS, HUSSELL & JOHNSON, PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, Counsel for Sherree D. Martin.

Christopher J. Winton, Esq. , RAY, WINTON & KELLEY, PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, Counsel for Citizens Bank of West Virginia.


This matter involves consolidated appeals from the Circuit Court of Upshur County relating to the administration of the estate of Shirley A. Martin, ("Shirley Martin Estate"), and of the trusts established by Carl J. Martin, Sr. ("Carl Martin Trust") and Shirley A. Martin ("Shirley Martin Trust"). The parties include heirs of...

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