Marianne Waldow v. James Laporta

OPINION

HURWITZ, Vice Chief Justice.

¶ 1 An appeal may be taken “[f]rom a judgment, decree or order entered in any formal proceedings under title 14.” A.R.S. § 12-2101(J) (2003). The issue for decision is whether, in an unsupervised administration, an order requiring nonprobate transferees to pay a pro rata share of estate taxes is appealable under § 12 — 2101(J).

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¶2 In April 2008, Marianne Waldow, the personal representative of the estate of Rosanne L. McGathy, filed a petition in the superior court seeking instructions on wheth er estate taxes should be paid solely from the estate or whether…