Jones v. Hunt

This is a probate case in which the personal representative ordered only partial payment to a creditor, a lawyer who asserted a claim against the estate based on unpaid bills for legal services that had been provided to the decedent. The personal representative ordered only partial payment because of the existence of a competing claim of the decedent’s father, which was based on a supposed agreement between the decedent and his father. The trial court upheld the personal representative’s decisions and closed the estate. The creditor now appeals, arguing that the full amount of his claim…