Legal Opinion

In Re Estate of Hammar

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided August 17, 2005No. 56A03-0504-CV-177PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

RILEY, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Appellant-Defendant, Margaret Lewis (Margaret), appeals the trial court's Order removing her as special administratrix of the Estate of Gary Hammar and appointing Appellee-Plaintiff, Janet Kaye Ham-mar (Janet), as special administratrix to pursue an action for wrongful death. 1

We reverse.

ISSUE

Margaret raises one issue on appeal, which we restate as follows: whether the trial court abused its discretion when it replaced Margaret as special administra-trix of the estate in favor of Janet.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On April 7, 2005, Gary Hammar (Gary)…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of HutmanIndiana Court of Appeals · 1999
  2. Pope ex rel. Smith v. PopeIndiana Court of Appeals · 1998
  3. Matter of Estate of SandefurIndiana Court of Appeals · 1997

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of HammarIndiana Supreme Court · 2006
  2. Lewis v. HammarIndiana Supreme Court · 2006

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