Supreme Court of Alabama August 29, 2003, 1020449 (Cashion v. Torbert)

Amanda Linn Cashion, the executrix of the estate of Dot C. Smith, deceased, appeals from a summary judgment in favor of Mary Dixon Torbert, the conservator of Smith's estate before Smith died. This appeal arises out of the following fairly convoluted procedural history: On July 12, 2000, the Montgomery County Department of Human Resources petitioned for protective placement for Dot C.