In Re Estate of Johnson

[¶ 1] Bruce Johnson appeals from a judgment entered in the Cumberland County Probate Court (Cliilds, J.) distributing proceeds from a Florida wrongful death insurance settlement to the Estate of Phyllis Johnson and imposing sanctions against him for misrepresenting the amount of the settlement. He argues that under the Florida wrongful death statute the court erred in allocating the proceeds to the Estate and that it abused its discretion in awarding sanctions. Because we agree that the Probate Court acted beyond its authority in allocating the proceeds to the Estate, we vacate that portion…