BALDWIN v. LEWIS

No. 80-2522.

397 So.2d 985 (1981)

Mabel V. BALDWIN, Individually and As Personal Representative of the Estate of Opal I. Bradshaw, Deceased, Appellants, v. Joan LEWIS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied May 27, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Byrd V. Duke, Jr. and Lucille V. Coughlin, North Miami, for appellants.

George E. McCarthy, Melbourne, for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, NESBITT and BASKIN, JJ.


NESBITT, Judge.

This appeal presents the question of whether the failure of the clerk of the court to furnish a copy of a creditor's claim to a personal representative afforded the personal representative "good cause" to extend the time for the filing of an otherwise untimely objection to the claim. We answer this question in the affirmative and reverse the order which denied such a petition to extend the time.

From the denial of its petition to extend the...

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