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Cheatham County court appoints administrator, closes two estates and grants a name change
Summary
The court appointed Russell Allen Street as administrator for an estate, closed another estate after an executor's report, and granted a petitioner's request to change her name back to McNeese. These were handled as routine, uncontested probate and personal-status matters.
The Cheatham County court handled several uncontested in-court petitions during the hearing, including an appointment of an administrator, closure of an estate, and a petition for a legal name change.
Russell Allen Street was sworn and testified that he is the sole heir of Elaine Brenda Braver, that Braver had no children and left no will, and that he asked the court to appoint him administrator of the estate and to waive bond and inventory requirements. The presiding judge approved the appointment and the waivers as requested.
Separately, Elliot Troy testified as executor over the estate of Marsha Lynn Bennett. He confirmed the will had been probated and that required estate paperwork had been filed; the court found no opposition and ordered the estate closed on the record.
In a petition for a legal name change, Janice Marine Eagleson asked the court to change her surname to McNeese, explaining she wanted to resume the name used by her grown children and grandchildren. After the statutory screening questions were asked and no concerns about fraud or avoidance of creditors were raised on the record, the judge granted the name-change petition and directed the clerk to issue the signed order.
Each of these items was resolved on the record without contested litigation; the clerk will issue orders corresponding to the judge's oral rulings.
