Green v. Nunez

We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass.

—• Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

I write separately to address the argument that appellants had standing to intervene in the probate proceeding for administration of the decedent’s estate. Our probate code limits the class of “interested persons” to heirs, devisees, spouses, creditors, and others who have a property right, interest in, or claim against the estate being administered. Ark. Code Ann. § 28-l-102(a)(ll) (Repl. 2004). No legislation to expand or otherwise amend the definitions in § 28-1-102 has been enacted since 1949. We…