Mealey's (March 9, 2022, 4:58 PM EST) -- BOSTON — In affirming the dismissal of an action brought by a decedent’s son against his step-mother and half-siblings for alleged fraud in appropriating the decedent’s assets by tortiously interfering with the intent of the decedent’s will, the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 2 held that the trial court properly applied the probate exception to the son’s request that the court appoint a receiver to administer assets....