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Judge pauses disputed $535,000 distribution in Elliott estate after lawyers clash over joint account and service
Summary
A Sumner County judge paused action on a contested distribution of roughly $535,000 in the estate of Anne Murphy Elliott after attorneys argued whether the funds are estate property or passed outside probate through a joint account.
A Sumner County judge took under advisement competing motions Friday in the probate of the estate of Anne Murphy Elliott after attorneys disputed whether roughly $535,000 on deposit belongs to the estate or passed outside it by operation of a joint-account signature card.
The dispute erupted when Dwayne Duvall, counsel for the executrix and personal representative, said the money was "still on deposit in the bosom of the court" and that his client lacked control of the funds. Counsel for beneficiaries pressed for an accounting and asked the court not to dismiss a petition challenging the personal representative's actions.
Why it matters: beneficiaries say a large discrepancy exists between the conservatorship accounting and the estate inventory and want bank records and a transparent accounting…
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