Legal Opinion
Estate of Jeanne S. Reed
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided June 9, 2016No. Docket Cum-15-296PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHumphrey, J.
[¶ 1] George P. Reed IV and his brother, Lawrence Reed, appeal from an order of the Cumberland County Probate Court (Mazziotti, J.) dismissing without prejudice their petition for partition of the real property of their deceased mother, Jeanne S. Reed. The court determined sua sponte that it did not have subject matter jurisdiction to consider the petition because there was no open probate proceeding for the mother’s estate. We agree and affirm the judgment.
I. BACKGROUND
[¶ 2] George and Lawrence Reed’s mother, Jeanne S. Reed, died on July 26, 1997. On August 29, 2013, George filed a petition…
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