In Re Estate of Lamore

¶ 1. Mother of decedent Jeffrey M. Lamore appeals from the Bennington Superior Court decision appointing the unmarried mother of decedent’s four-year-old daughter administrator of decedent’s estate. Decedent’s mother argues that she should have been appointed administrator, rather than allowing minor daughter’s mother to stand in the shoes of minor daughter and become administrator. We affirm.

¶ 2. The relevant facts are undisputed. Decedent was killed when a trailer truck struck his pickup truck in April 2008. He was survived by his daughter (who was three years old at the time and is now…