KIM ARLENE CARROLL v. EVA ARLENE HILL, individually and as former Executrix of the Estate of Albert P. Barber; MICHELLE ¦ BARBER; WILLIAM A. BARBER; WILLIAM D. BARBER; GEAUGA COUNTY PARK DISTRICT - Articles

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KIM ARLENE CARROLL v. EVA ARLENE HILL, individually and as former Executrix of the Estate of Albert P. Barber; MICHELLE ¦ BARBER; WILLIAM A. BARBER; WILLIAM D. BARBER; GEAUGA COUNTY PARK DISTRICT

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jun 16, 2022

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ON BRIEF: Aanchal Sharma, Mark M. Mikhaiel, SCHNEIDER SMELTZ SPEITH BELL LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant.

Attorneys 2: ON BRIEF: Philip D. Williamson, Julia B. Meister, TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP, Cincinnati, Ohio, David H. Wallace, TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, for the Hill and Barber Appellees.

Attorneys 3: ON BRIEF: Todd C. Hicks, Bridey Matheney, THRASHER, DINSMORE & DOLAN, LPA, Chardon, Ohio, for Appellee Geauga Park District.

Judge(s): SUTTON, Chief Judge; COLE and DONALD, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio at Cleveland

SUTTON, Chief Judge. Kim Carroll claims that Arlene Barber submitted an invalid version of her brother Albert Barber’s will to an Ohio probate court. Roughly 20 years after the court probated the will, Carroll allegedly learned that Albert was her father. That prompted Carroll to file this lawsuit, claiming that she should have inherited Albert’s estate. The district court concluded that she lacked standing and that the probate exception to federal jurisdiction barred it from hearing her claims. We affirm for lack of standing.

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