Bell v. Bell

MARK D. PFEIFFER, Judge.

Justin Bell appeals the trial court’s judgment approving the Estate of Florence M. Bell’s (“the Estate”) personal representative’s compromise settlement on Justin Bell’s petition for discovery of assets. On appeal, Justin Bell has one point in which he claims that the trial court erred in approving the personal representative’s settlement because there was no evidence at the hearing from which the trial court could conclude that the settlement is in the best interest of the Estate. We agree.

Florence Bell died on December 24, 2004. Florence Bell’s will devised her…