Ida Steinberg v. Renea Steinberg

Syllabus

In denying appellees' motion to remove an estate's personal representative, the trial court adopted appellees' proposed findings of fact verbatim and proposed conclusions of law \to the degree they [were] not in conflict with [the] court's order.\ The proposed findings and conclusions were signed by the trial court judge and attached to the order. Because we cannot ascertain whether the trial court's order represents its independent judgment, we vacate the order of the trial court and remand for the entry of an order that reflects that it is the product of the trial court's individualized decision-making and independent judgment.