Angela Okafor Carlisle v. Rone Everett

── Angela Okafor Carlisle v. Rone Everett ── Court: Court of Chancery of Delaware Date: May 14, 2026 Category: General COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE KATHALEEN ST. JUDE MCCORMICK LEONARD L. WILLIAMS JUSTICE CENTER CHANCELLOR 500 N. KING STREET, SUITE 11400 WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19801-3734 May 14, 2026 Angela Okafor Carlisle Jason C. Powell 11795 SW 273rd Street Thomas J. Reichert Homestead, FL 33032 Laurel A. Lalone The Powell Firm, LLC 1813 N. Franklin Street Wilmington, DE 19802 Re: Angela Okafor Carlisle v. Rone Everett, C.A. No. 2023-0077-LM (KSJM) Dear Ms. Carlisle and Counsel: This letter grants Respondent Rone Everett’s motion to dismiss Petitioner Angela Okafor Carlisle’s petition for removal of Everett as personal representative of the estate of Sharif Kihill Green.1 I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND The facts are drawn from the allegations in the Petition for Removal.2 At this stage, the court assumes that the allegations in the Petition are true and draws reasonable inferences in favor of Carlisle.3 This case concerns the Estate of Sharif Kihill Green, who died on June 18, 2022. On June 1, the Philadelphia Orphans’ Court provided Green and Everett with 1 C.A. No. 2023-0077-LM, Docket (“Dkt.”) 17. 2 Dkt. 1 (Pet. for Removal). 3 Wallace ex rel. Cencom Cable Income P’rs II, L.P. v. Wood, 752 A.2d 1175, 1179 (Del. Ch. 1999). Angela Okafor Carlisle v. Rone Everett, C.A. No. 2023-0077-LM (KSJM) Page 2 of 10 a marriage license. The license authorized Green and Everett to marry on or after June 4. The license also stated that it was “valid only in Pennsylvania.”4 On June 3, Green was admitted to a hospital in New Jersey.5 He remained in the hospital from June 3 until he died.6 Green and Everett executed the marriage certificate on June 6. Everett’s stepfather witnessed it.7 The certificate states that the marriage occurred in Philadelphia, although Green was hospitalized in New Jersey.8 Everett opened Green’s estate as Green’s wife with the Delaware Register of Wills on August 26, 2022, and became the estate’s personal representative.9 Green’s mother, Carlisle, does not recognize Green’s marriage to Everett and seeks to serve as the personal representative of Green’s estate. On December 14, 2022, Carlisle filed a letter with the Register of Wills contesting Everett’s appointment.10 She claimed that Everett’s marriage to Green did not occur due to Green’s location on the date of their marriage.11 To investigate Carlisle’s claims, the Chief Deputy of the Register of Wills contacted the Philadelphia County Clerk of the 4 Dkt. 39 (“Pet’r’s Opening Br.”), Ex. D (Marriage License). 5 Pet. for Removal ¶ 7. 6 Id. ¶ 8. 7 Pet’r’s Opening Br., Ex. E (Marriage Certificate). 8 Id. 9 Pet’r’s Opening Br., Ex. F. 10 New Castle County Register of Wills Case No. 181736 Dkt. (“ROW Dkt.”) 5. 11 Id. 2 Angela Okafor Carlisle v. Rone Everett, C.A. No. 2023-0077-LM (KSJM) Page 3 of 10 Orphans’ Court, Tiffany Gordon. 12 Gordon confirmed on December 15 that the Orphans’ Court had the actual marriage certificate on file. The Clerk of the Orphans’ Court Division responded in a letter dated December 22, received on December 28, and uploaded to the docket on January 3, 2023. The letter stated: A Marriage License application was completed and