IN RE ESTATE OF DERRICOTTE

Nos. 95-PR-1008, 96-PR-68, 96-PR-170, 97-PR-94, 97-PR-239, 97-PR-433 and 97-PR-1437.

744 A.2d 535 (2000)

In re ESTATE OF Elise P. DERRICOTTE. Gilbert Phillips, et al., Appellants, v. Ida Brown Bryant, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 27, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Palmer Ifill, Washington, DC, for appellants.

Peter Isakov, with whom Mabel Dole Haden, Washington, DC, was on the brief, for appellant Mabel D. Haden.

Tanja H. Castro, Washington, DC, for appellee Ida Brown Bryant.

J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, and Jeffrey H. Myers, Assistant Attorney General, filed a brief on behalf of appellee Ida Brown Bryant.

Darrel S. Parker, pro se, for appellee Darrel S. Parker, the successor personal representative.

Before FARRELL, GLICKMAN, and WASHINGTON, Associate Judges.


FARRELL, Associate Judge:

These consolidated appeals arise from the administration and distribution of the estate of Elise Derricotte, who died intestate. Appellants Gilbert and Preston Phillips ("appellants" or "the Phillips brothers") are Ms. Derricotte's first cousins once removed. They challenge the finding of the trial court, after a bench trial, that Ms. Derricotte was domiciled in the District of Columbia rather than Maryland at the time of her death. They...

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