In Re the Estate of Ardell

Kenneth Ardell’s Last Will and Testament entrusted the disposition of his estate to William Chatham as personal representative with unrestricted nonintervention powers. Seven and one-half years after the will was admitted to probate, one of the estate’s beneficiaries filed a petition for orders revoking Mr. Chatham’s letters testamentary, revoking his nonintervention powers, removing him as personal representative and compelling an accounting. Mr. Chatham filed a declaration of completion of probate the day before the hearing on the petition. The. declaration stated Mr. Chatham had completed…