Constance Fitzmaurice v. Charles Vandevort

GREENLEE, J., FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. Constance Fitzmaurice filed separate contempt petitions against Charles Vandevort stemming from his conduct as Margarette Smith's conservator and the executor of Smith's estate. The Hinds County Chancery Court, Second Judicial District, dismissed the former and stayed the latter. Fitzmaurice's appeals were consolidated before they were assigned to this Court. We agree that the chancellor erred when he dismissed the contempt petition that Fitzmaurice filed in Smith's conservatorship matter. Accordingly, we reverse the chancellor's judgment and remand that case…