JOSEPH F. DeLONG v. REGISTER OF PROBATE FOR MIDDLESEX COUNTY

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT

JOSEPH F. DeLONG vs. REGISTER OF PROBATE FOR MIDDLESEX COUNTY

Docket:

SJC-13707

Dates:

March 18, 2025

Present:

County:

Keywords:

Mandamus. Practice, Civil, Action in nature of mandamus. Register of Probate. Probate Court

The petitioner, Jospeh F. DeLong, appeals from a judgment of a single justice of this court denying his petition for relief in the nature of mandamus pursuant to G. L. c. 249, § 5. We affirm.

The petition stems from the petitioner's effort to be appointed as personal representative of his deceased mother's estate. His mother, Nancy Ann Blickenstaff, died in…