Phillips v. Bryant

FARRELL, Associate Judge:

These consolidated appeals arise from the administration and distribution of the estate of Elise Derricotte, who died intestate. Appellants Gilbert and Preston Phillips (“appellants” or “the Phillips brothers”) are Ms. Derricotte’s first cousins once removed. They challenge the finding of the trial court, after a bench trial, that Ms. Derricotte was domiciled in the District of Columbia rather than Maryland at the time of her death. They further contest the evidentiary basis (actually only a portion of it) for the trial court’s finding that Ida Brown Bryant was the…