In re Estate of Southard

Bryant, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} Appellants, the law firm of Leeseberg & Valentine (“L & V”) and Diana Southard, executor of the estate of Peter C. Southard, appeal from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, Probate Division, determining that the probate court lacked jurisdiction to resolve the fee-sharing dispute between L & V and appellee, William Morse. Appellants assign a single error:

In an action arising out of a wrongful death settlement, the probate court improperly declined to exercise jurisdiction over a dispute between attorneys and the executor of the estate.

Because…