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Commission removes administrator in decade-old Caton probate amid missed filings and publication notices

5582664 · August 7, 2025
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The commission granted a petition to remove Janet Marlene Everhart as administratrix of the estate of Joseph Franklin Caton after finding no subsequent probate filings since 2021 and after notice by publication; petitioner Jasmine Caton initiated the removal.

Will, a fiduciary staff member, presented a petition asking the Berkeley County Commission to remove Janet Marlene Everhart as administratrix of the estate of Joseph Franklin Caton on grounds that required probate filings were not completed after her 2021 appointment. Will said the decedent, Joseph Franklin Caton, died June 4, 2017; Everhart opened an estate matter and presented a 1968 will in June 2021 but did not file required appraisement or subsequent probate documents. Will said the…

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