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Commission holds several probate estates open after heirs object; proceeds with other administrative closures
Summary
After multiple heirs urged keeping files open and reporting accounting or security problems, the Monongalia County Commission instructed the clerk to proceed with most administrative estate closures but excepted four estates for further fiduciary action; the motion passed with one recusal.
The Monongalia County Commission on March 25 heard several heirs who asked that their relatives’ probate estates remain open rather than be administratively closed, and the commission acted to proceed with most administrative closures while exempting four estates for further work with fiduciary staff.
Following public testimony from heirs and estate administrators about incomplete accounting, trustee turnover and property-security problems, Commissioner (S5) moved that the county clerk’s office proceed with the administrative closure list as presented with exceptions for the estates of Debra K. McCardell, Edith Virginia Ruth Parente, William Tennant and Tina Marie Winfield.…
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