Mayfield v. Peek

At its core, this case involves two siblings fighting over an inheritance from their parents. The two principal issues before us are not so much the merits of the dispute, but whether one sibling has standing to complain of the other's actions, and in what court this fight should take place. Appellant Linda Mayfield claimed in part that her brother, Appellee Gary Bruce Peek, (Bruce)1 prevailed upon their mother to remove assets from a revocable trust at a time when their mother allegedly lacked the mental capacity to do so. Bruce convinced the district court below that Mayfield lacked…