State ex rel. Abraitis v. Gallagher (Slip Opinion)

{¶ 1} In this prohibition action, relator-appellant Sarunas V. Abraitis (“Abrai-tis”), former executor of the estate of his mother, Vlada Abraitis, 1 challenges the jurisdiction of respondent-appellee Judge Laura J. Gallagher, of the Probate Division of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, to adjudicate a motion to correct the inventory and a concealment-of-assets claim. Abraitis argues that determinations made by state and federal taxing authorities preclude the probate court from administering the estate. The Eighth District Court of Appeals granted Judge Gallagher’s motion to dismiss…