Estate of Brandt

Citations

• 2019 ND 87

Syllabus

A personal representative is not precluded from filing petitions as an interested person in the supervised administration of an estate while simultaneously performing fiduciary duties to distribute property according to a will and the best interests of an estate. A probate court has jurisdiction to determine title to property alleged to belong to an estate and the value of that property. Petitions and accompanying documents filed with the probate court are deemed to include an oath or affirmation of truthfulness. An appellate court reviews a final report and accounting allocating estate assets under an abuse-of-discretion standard.