In Re Estate of Brice

Bernes, Judge.

Janice B. Stout appeals from the probate court’s dismissal of her caveat to the last will and testament of her mother, Margretta K. Brice, and petition for removal of her brother, Stephen Curtis Brice, as executor of their mother’s estate. The probate court dismissed Stout’s action without first conducting a hearing. Stout argues both that the probate court lacked the authority to dismiss the action and that it misapplied the law in so doing. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

We review de novo the probate court’s dismissal. Daly v. Mueller, 279 Ga. App. 168 (630 SE2d 799)…