The following story explains Woman who lost husband and son uses probate process to obtain gunman's records:
A judge on Tuesday granted Cynthia Young’s petition to become a special administrator of Robert Card’s estate so she can have legal authority to obtain the records for herself, others who lost loved ones, and attorneys preparing lawsuits. The move was not opposed by Card’s son, who is his sole heir.
If the paperwork was filed in Hancock County, there'd be no other judge to preside over the case other than Judge Blaisdell. From High court suspends Hancock County probate judge "It’s not clear yet when the four-month suspension period for Hancock County’s only probate judge will commence," and here's what Judge William Blaisdell IV did:
The suspension stems from the Committee on Judicial Conduct finding that Blaisdell had committed three violations of the code governing judicial conduct, according to the court’s written decision. The first included failing to file federal and state income tax returns for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022; failing to pay court-ordered child support and attorney fees; and acting in contempt of the district court in a family matter in which he was a party. The second violation was failing to respond to the committee despite repeated requests to do so and finally acting with a lack of candor by asserting he’d never received the committee’s letters.
