In Re Estate of Ruth Tinney

ORDER

For the third time, this Court is faced with an appeal involving the venerable Bel-eourt Castle in Newport and the estate of Ruth Tinney.

In Tinney v. Tinney, 770 A.2d 420 (R.I. 2001) (Tinney I), this Court held that the petitioner, Kevin Tinney (Kevin), an adoptive son of Ruth Tinney, had acquired an interest in Beleourt Castle by exercising undue influence over his recently widowed mother. We affirmed the judgment of the Superior Court that had denied Kevin’s petition to partition Beleourt Castle and voided the conveyance of an interest in the property to him.

Later in Tinney v. Tinney,…