Potter v. Potter

PEDEN, Justice.

Norma Jean Potter appeals from an order of the Probate Court dismissing for want of jurisdiction her suit asserting a community interest in certain shares of stock in the estate of Thomas Potter, deceased. She had been divorced from him. His widow, Virginia Beth Potter, administratrix of the estate of Thomas Potter, listed the shares in the inventory of his estate as his separate property. The basic issue is whether the determination of ownership of personal property incident to an estate has been brought within the jurisdiction of the Probate Court pursuant to the 1973 and…