In re Estate of Roach

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

This case arises out of a will contest involving the Estate of Ethel Roach, who died domiciled in Knox County. As its primary issue, the appeal presents the question whether a probate judge must transfer the administration of an estate to an adjoining county if the judge is a creditor of a party contesting a proffered will. Directly at issue is 4 M.R.S.A. § 307 (1989), which provides in pertinent part:

When a judge ... of probate is interested in his own right, trust, or in any other manner, or is within the degree of kindred, by which in law he may, by possibility, be…