Hoffman

Robert Hoffman, guardian ad litem of the minor Wendy Hoffman, a beneficiary under the will of Henry Hoffman, deceased, appeals from two orders issued by the superior court following hearings on petitions for instructions filed by Union Bank as executor of Henry Hoffman’s estate.

Union Bank filed four petitions for instructions with the court: (1) Petition for Instructions Re: Defense of Litigation Filed Against Executor (Case No. 885,530 entitled Arnold Hoffman, et al. v. Union Bank, et al.) ; (2) Petition for Instructions Re: Defense of Litigation Filed Against Executor (Case No. 892,453 entitled Ann Hoffman v. Union Bank, et al.); (3) Petition for Instructions Re: Identity of Grandchildren of Decedent; and (4) Petition for Instructions Re: Necessary Parties to Litigation. The court entered its orders on the first two petitions instructing the executor to defend both actions and the propriety of these orders is not disputed. This appeal is from the court’s orders purporting to determine the identity of decedent’s grandchildren and naming certain grandchildren necessary parties to the above-mentioned litigation.

Appellant contends that the court was without jurisdiction to…