AC47053 -
Moore v. Bryant-Mitchell (“The plaintiff, Larry Allen Moore, appeals
from the judgment of the Superior Court removing him as the executor of the
estate of the decedent, Clifton Dewayne Bryant. On appeal, the plaintiff claims
that the Superior Court, in adjudicating his appeal from the decree of the
Probate Court granting a petition filed by the defendant, Chelsea
Bryant-Mitchell, to remove him as executor, improperly (1) limited the scope of
its review to the Probate Court’s removal of the plaintiff as executor and, as
a result, failed to allow the plaintiff to present evidence (a) to refute the
allegations concerning the plaintiff’s alleged misconduct in administering the
estate and (b) to challenge the decedent’s will that had been admitted to
probate, (2) failed to overrule the Probate Court’s admission of the will to
probate, and (3) prevented him from introducing evidence challenging the
authenticity of the will. He also claims that the Superior Court abused its
discretion in holding him, as a layperson, responsible for the failures of the
attorneys he had retained on behalf of the estate to assist with the
administration of the estate. We affirm the judgment of the Superior Court.”)