Estate of Ruth E. O'Brien-Hamel

[¶ 1] Jennifer Edmondson appeals from an order of the Androscoggin County Probate Court (Dubois, J.) denying her petition for a formal adjudication of intestacy and for appointment as personal representative of the estate of her mother, Ruth E. O’Brien-Hamel. Jennifer contends that the Probate Court abused its discretion in permitting Donald F. Hamel Sr., Ruth’s current personal representative, to present the testimony of Ruth’s hospice-care physician despite failing to timely or properly designate the physician as an expert. Jennifer further contends that the Probate Court erred in finding…