Estate of Hodges, Matter Of

COUNTISS, Justice.

This is an estate case involving a family settlement agreement. The initial, and in our opinion determinative, question is whether a person named as independent executor by the decedent has standing to object to a family settlement agreement. The trial court said he did not, approved the family settlement agreement and admitted the will to probate for limited pur poses. We have concluded that the trial court was correct; consequently, we affirm the judgment.

The late Helen Hodges died testate in 1981. Under her will, the last of 13 she executed during her life, she bequeathed…