Dodd v. Dodd

Rickman, Judge.

*422*189George Dodd filed a complaint against Gary U. Dodd ("the administrator"), as administrator of the estate of Titus Dodd, in the Superior Court of DeKalb County seeking payment of funeral expenses from the estate. The superior court dismissed the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. On appeal, Dodd contends that the superior court erred by dismissing his case. For the following reasons, we vacate the judgment and remand the case to the superior court for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

Our review of the dismissal of a case is de novo. See Benefield v.…