No. 22-125

Scott Fenstermaker v. Stephen Fenstermaker, et al.

Lower Court: Connecticut
Docketed: 2022-08-09
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: due-process estate-administration fourteenth-amendment intestate-distributees probate probate-law property-rights small-estate
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Latest Conference: 2022-11-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Section 45a-273 of the Connecticut General Statutes violates the Fourteenth Amendment due-process rights of intestate-distributees

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED RULE 14(1)(A) Whether Section 45a-273 of the Connecticut General Statutes, C.G.S. §45a-273 (“Section 273”), which permits the no-notice administration of a decedent’s “small estate,” violates the United States Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment due process rights of the decedent’s intestate distributees, as those distributees are defined in Connecticut General Statutes Section 488, C.G.S. §45a438 (“Section 438”). Whether Section 45a-128(a) of the Connecticut General Statutes, C.G.S. §45a-128(a) (“Section 128(a)”), as applied to the facts of the instant matter, provides “full right to assail” the no-notice administration of a decedent’s estate to cure any United States Constitution Fourteenth Amendment due process violation of intestate distributees’ Connecticut property rights. See Farrell v. O’Brien, 199 U.S. 89, 100, 116 to 119 (1905) (holding that if “there was full right to assail the existence of the will and its probate” subsequent to the will’s admission to probate, then there was no Federal question and this Court lacked jurisdiction to proceed). u PARTIES RULE 14(1)(B)(D Petitioner — Scott L. Fenstermaker Respondent — Stephen Fenstermaker Respondent — Martha Czymmek CORPORATE DISCLOSURE RULE 14()(B)(ID There are no corporations involved as parties to this petition.

Docket Entries

2022-11-14
Petition DENIED
2022-11-14
Petition DENIED.
2022-10-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/10/2022.
2022-10-19
2022-10-11
2022-09-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 11, 2022, for all respondents.
2022-09-02
Motion of Martha Czymmek to extend the time to file a response from September 8, 2022 to October 11, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-08-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 8, 2022)

Attorneys

Martha Czymmek
David G. WebbertJohnson & Webbert, L.L.P., Respondent
David G. WebbertJohnson & Webbert, L.L.P., Respondent
Scott Fenstermaker
Scott Lloyd Fenstermaker — Petitioner
Scott Lloyd Fenstermaker — Petitioner