No. 20-5594

William N. Lucy v. Estate of Annie D. Fox

Lower Court: Alabama
Docketed: 2020-09-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: administrative-exhaustion administrative-law circuit-court civil-rights discretion due-process estate-administration judicial-review probate procedural-requirements standing
Latest Conference: 2021-04-16 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Mobile County Probate Court abused its discretion by ignoring Alabama law, Code of Alabama 1975, Section 43-2-42, and refusing to appoint the next-of-kin as administrator of the decedent's estate

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2021-04-19
Rehearing DENIED.
2021-03-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.
2020-11-17
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2020-11-02
Petition DENIED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2020-10-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/30/2020.
2020-08-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 5, 2020)

Attorneys

William Lucy
William N. Lucy — Petitioner
William N. Lucy — Petitioner