In re Estate of Johnston

DOYLE, Presiding Judge.

Markel Hutchins, a purported creditor of the Estate of Kathryn Sanford Johnston (“the Estate”), appeals the probate court’s denial of his motion to set aside the discharge of the Estate administrator and motion for an accounting and return of Estate funds. For the reasons that follow, we vacate the probate court’s order discharging the administrator and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

The record shows that on November 21,2006, Kathryn Johnston was shot and killed in her home by undercover Atlanta Police Department (“APD”) officers serving a no-knock…