Givan v. State (In re Estate of Nelson)

*313*127This appeal pertains to the estate of Lelah Nelson. Givan and LaRiviere are grandchildren of the decedent and claimants against her estate. Their claims were allowed in a small estate proceeding. That proceeding was later converted to full probate, after which the probate court disallowed Givan's claim, gave nonpriority status to a portion of LaRiviere's claim, and entered a limited supplemental judgment for attorney fees against Givan.

Givan's and LaRiviere's first three assignments of error challenge different rulings but all fundamentally turn on one legal issue-whether the probate…