MATTER OF ESTATE OF KOLESAR

No. 83919-5-I.

532 P.3d 170 (2023)

In the MATTER OF the ESTATE OF: Richard D. KOLESAR, Deceased.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Filed July 3, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas C. McDermott , Paukert & Troppmann, PLLC, 522 W. Riverside Ave. Ste. 560, Spokane, WA, 99201-0519, for Appellant.

Tiffany Gorton , Kutscher Hereford Bertram Burkart Brown, 705 2nd Ave. Ste. 800, Seattle, WA, 98104-1711, Hans P. Juhl , Ryan, Swanson & Cleveland, PLLC, 1201 3rd Ave. Ste. 3400, Seattle, WA, 98101-3034, Shanece Malena Dedeaux , Attorney at Law, 1400 112th Ave. Se. Ste. 100, Bellevue, WA, 98004-6901, Ann Terese Wilson , Stokes Lawrence PS, 1420 5th Ave. Ste. 3000, Seattle, WA, 98101-2393, Dominick V. Driano , Attorney at Law, 4511 44th Ave. Sw. Seattle, WA, 98116-4116, Kyle Aaron Forsyth , United States Attorney's Office, 700 Stewart St. Ste. 5220, Seattle, WA, 98101-4438, Nicholas Peter Gellert , Perkins Coie LLP, 1201 3rd Ave. Ste. 4900, Seattle, WA, 98101-3095, for Respondent.


PUBLISHED OPINION

¶1 The trial court in this matter took the unusual approach of issuing three separate orders all purporting to admit Richard Kolesar's will to probate. We are today required to determine which of those orders is controlling for the purpose of establishing the time period in which a will contest may be initiated...

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