Williams-Moore v. Estate of Shaw

The trial court ruled that Brenda Williams-Moore (Williams-Moore) was qualified to act as the personal representative of the Estate of James Shaw (the Estate) and accept service of process in her personal injury lawsuit against the Estate even though she did not file the court-ordered bond or the oath of personal representative before accepting service. The trial court certified its order involved a controlling question of law. We accepted discretionary review and conclude that when Williams-Moore accepted service, she was not qualified to act as the personal representative because she had…