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· 3/10/2000

Heath v. Sims

Citations

  • 531 S.E.2d 115
  • 242 Ga. App. 691
  • 2000 Fulton County D. Rep. 1367
  • 2000 Ga. App. LEXIS 316

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding that “a probate court has jurisdiction over a claim against executors of an estate in which the claimants seek payment of damages for breach of a fiduciary duty”
  • finding that “a probate court has jurisdiction over a claim against executors of an estate in which the claimants seek payment of damages for breach of a fiduciary duty”
  • “[P]róbate courts have ‘original, exclusive, and general jurisdiction’ of ‘all. . . matters and things as appertain or relate to estates of deceased persons.’ ”
  • “[Wjith respect to areas in which the probate court has been given exclusive, original subject matter jurisdiction, its authority is broad.”
  • “with respect to areas in which the probate court has been given exclusive, original subject matter jurisdiction, its authority is broad”
  • “[w]ith respect to areas in which the probate court has been given exclusive, original subject matter jurisdiction, its authority is broad.”

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Judges: Ruffin

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