In re Estate of Skinner

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 277A16 Filed 29 September 2017 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CATHLEEN BASS SKINNER Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, ___ N.C. App. ___,

787 S.E.2d 440

(2016), reversing an order entered on 22 October 2014 by Judge Donald W. Stephens in Superior Court, Wake County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 29 August 2017. Ward and Smith, P.A., by Jenna Fruechtenicht Butler and Alexander C. Dale, for petitioner-appellants Nancy Bass-Clark and Douglas Ray Bass. Braswell Law, PLLC, by Ira Braswell IV,…