In re the Estate of Gavin

OPINION OF THE COURT

Barbara Howe, J.

Decedent Nora T. Gavin died on March 16, 2008. Her last will and testament, dated March 8, 2006, and codicil, dated May 21, 2007, were admitted to probate by this court on April 16, 2009, and letters testamentary were issued to the named executor and residuary beneficiary of the estate, Nora’s attorney, William N. Naples.1 Nora’s purported parents, Anthony and Sarah Gavin, predeceased her, she was never married, and she had no issue. At the time of her death, her heirs were unknown, and a guardian ad litem was appointed by this court to represent those…