Mealey's (March 2, 2022, 11:17 AM EST) -- LINCOLN, Neb. — A probate court erred by appointing a decedent’s mother as personal representative of her son’s estate after the mother filed an objection to being nominated as personal representative when the estate was opened to serve a lawsuit against the decedent more than three years after his death because issuing letters of personal representative without her qualification was not authorized by statute, the Nebraska Supreme Court held Feb. 18, reversing and remanding....