In re Thomas

EXUM, Justice.

This case is a procedural morass. In the calm eye of the procedural hurricane, however, reposes the interest of the Court’s ward, Mary Augusta Lancaster, and this Court’s inescapable duty to protect it. We have, in order to exercise our supervisory powers, brought this entire matter before us for review. Our decision is to set aside both the clerk’s order striking the allegations filed by Mr. Matthews and the confirmatory decrees of the clerk and judge and to remand for further proceedings and findings in accordance with this opinion.

There is no principle more universally…