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Cite as 2009 Ark. App. 615 ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS No. CA09-117 Opinion Delivered September 23, 2009 PHIL STRATTON APPELLANT APPEAL FROM THE FAULKNER COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT [NO. PR07-470] V. HONORABLE MICHAEL A. MAGGIO, JUDGE CATHY SULLIVAN APPELLEE REBRIEFING ORDERED PER CURIAM In this probate case, appellant Phil Stratton contends that the circuit court erred by failing to include certain items in the estate inventory of his late wife, Carolyn Glover Stratton. We order rebriefing because appellants addendum does not comply with Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 4-2(a)(8). Carolyn Glover Stratton died testate in May 2007. Appellant was named personal representative of the estate and filed an inventory of the estates property in November 2007. Appellee Cathy Sullivan, the decedents daughter, objected that some of the property included in the inventory belonged either to her or to a grandchildrens trust created by the decedents will. Following a hearing, the court found that a Wooton desk, a Wells Fargo strong box, and the strong boxs contents were not assets of the estate. Appellant appeals from that order.
Cite as 2009 Ark. App. 615 An appellants addendum must include relevant pleadings, documents, or exhibits essential to an understanding of the case and the courts jurisdiction on appeal. Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 4-2(a)(8). In this case, appellants addendum contains the decedents will and trust, the circuit courts order and letter opinion, the notice of appeal, and several documentary exhibits. However, the addendum omits certain items necessary to our understanding of the case: appellants Complaint in Equity to Construe Decedents Will and Trust of Decedent”; the order transferring appellants complaint from circuit to probate division; Letters Testamentary appointing appellant as personal representative; appellants Date of Death Inventory”; and appellees objection and amended objection to the inventory. Appellant has fifteen days from the date of this order in which to file a substituted brief with an addendum containing the above listed matters. See Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 4-2(b)(3). Upon appellants filing the substituted brief, appellee will be afforded an opportunity to revise her brief at the expense of appellant or appellants counsel. Id. If appellant fails to file a brief with a complying addendum within the prescribed time, the judgment may be affirmed for noncompliance with Rule 4-2(a)(8). Id. Rebriefing ordered. -2-
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