In Re Estate of Rand

WYNN, Judge.

The North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure apply to “all actions and proceedings of a civil nature.” 1 Here, heirs to the Estate of Daniel Murrill Rand argue that their challenge to the administratrix’s commission and accounting was not a civil action, such that the Rules should not apply. Because we find that an estate proceeding is a “proceeding of a civil nature,” we uphold the trial court’s determination that the Rules of Civil Procedure apply to this matter.

On 6 April 1999, Daniel Murrill Rand died intestate, leaving his wife, Respondent Linda Rand, and his seven daughters…