Banks v. Estate of Woodall

THOMAS, Judge.

Viva Woodall died on July 2, 2008. In August 2008, her son, Bobby Woodall, who was named in her will as the executor of her estate (“the executor”), filed a petition in the DeKalb Probate Court (“the probate court”), seeking to probate her will. Viva’s daughters, Threasa Banks and Vivian Wiggs (“the daughters”), were named as beneficiaries in the will. In December 2010, the executor filed a petition seeking approval of the final settlement of the estate. The probate court set a hearing on the petition for January 11, 2011. For a reason not apparent from the record, the probate…