242 Ga. App. 691 - Heath v. Sims’s Empirical Analysis

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15 state decisions

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1. “[W]ith respect to areas in which the probate court has been given exclusive, original subject matter jurisdiction, its authority is broad.... [W]ith matters relating to estates, the probate court has exclusive, original jurisdiction. It follows that a claim that an executor has breached a fiduciary duty would not fall outside the jurisdiction of the probate court simply because the plaintiff sought damages. To hold otherwise would allow disgruntled beneficiaries to remove a case from the probate court, the forum best suited to adjudicating such disputes, simply by alleging a claim for damages.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 350 Ga. App. 385 - KELLAR v. DAVIS Et Al.

2. “Probate courts have authority, unless otherwise provided by law, to exercise original, exclusive, and general jurisdiction of ... [a]ll other matters and things as appertain or relate to estates of deceased persons and to persons who are incompetent because of mental illness or intellectual disability....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 350 Ga. App. 385 - KELLAR v. DAVIS Et Al.

3. “Not every litigant has a right to an equitable accounting, which 'is granted only in carefully prescribed and determined circumstances, such as when an accounting at law is inadequate.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Margaret Blair Trust v. Blair