Legal Opinion

In re Estate of Clarateen G. Nelson James M. Taylor, Jr.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided February 27, 2014No. 12-PR-1733Published

1Opinion of the Court

KING, Senior Judge:

James Taylor, Jr., appellant, challenges his removal as co-personal representative of his mother’s estate and the denial of his emergency petition for appointment of a successor personal representative. Appointed alongside his sister, appellee Jo Ann Smoak, James Taylor was removed during a hearing convened to consider Smoak’s motion to strike Andrea Sloan as his counsel. After finding that there was no basis upon which to strike Sloan’s appearance and to disqualify her, the trial court ordered James Taylor’s re moval as co-personal representative, leaving Smoak as the sole…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. M. A. P. v. RyanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
  3. Washington-Southern Navigation Co. v. Baltimore & Philadelphia Steamboat Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
  4. In Re Estate of DanielDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2003
  5. Bell v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996

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