IN RE ESTATE OF PELES


739 A.2d 1071 (1999)

In re ESTATE OF Mary J. PELES, Deceased; Late Of Montgomery Township, Indiana County, Pa. Appeal of: Elizabeth Tenerowicz and Teresa Klamar, Appellants.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed October 14, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Finn, Altoona, for appellants.

James K. Nicely, Indiana, for appellee.

Before KELLY, JOYCE and OLSZEWSKI, JJ.


KELLY, J.:

¶ 1 Appellants ask us to determine whether the trial court erred in affirming the decree of the Register of Wills, which refused to probate a later codicil to a will already admitted to probate. Specifically, Appellants claim that the three-month time limitation set forth in 20 Pa.C.S.A. § 3138 should not have barred probate of the later codicil. We hold that the later codicil was barred under Section 3138 of the Probate Code. Accordingly, we...

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