In re Estate of Ward

The primary issues presented for our consideration in this appeal involve probate court jurisdiction over fiduciary *6accountings for estate assets, the applicability of the doctrine of election of remedies as applied to proceedings brought in both the superior and probate courts, the validity of a probate court’s assessment of legal fees against a losing party for intransigent behavior when the court did not rule for the prevailing party on all claims, and whether the interest charged a fiduciary for misappropriated funds should run from the date of the misappropriation or from the date that a…