In Re Jones Estate

Appellant appeals by leave of this Court from the Oakland County Circuit Court’s order affirming the probate court order surcharging the appellant-attorney. The probate court order required appellant to pay the sum of $2,500 to appellees Wade and Mattie Jones, parents of the deceased, Isaac Jones. The probate court order was entered on the basis of what the probate court found to be an error in the appellant’s distribution of estate assets. After an appeal of the probate court order, the circuit court affirmed that order.

The rule invoked by the probate court to surcharge appellant-attorney…