Norris v. Hicks

By

Judge John W. Brown

This matter came before the Court on a petition seeking to remove the respondent as the administrator of the estate of Jonathan Bernard Hicks. The petitioners are the mothers of the decedent’s two minor children: Ajonia Lejai Hicks and Jonathan Bernard Hicks, Jr. The respondent is the mother of the decedent.

The petitioners allege that the only asset of the decedent’s estate is a potential wrongful death judgment and that their children are the statutory beneficiaries of any award in that case. See Va. Code § 8.01-53(A)(i). However, the respondent, as personal…