In Re Estate of Peters

NATURE OF CASE

Certain heirs of the estate of Margaret Waddell Peters appeal from the county court’s order which reopened the estate and reappointed the personal representative Vh years after the court had entered an order formally closing the estate and discharging the personal representative.

SCOPE OF REVIEW

A jurisdictional question which does not involve a factual dispute is determined by an appellate court as a matter of law, which requires the appellate court to reach a conclusion independent from the lower court’s decision. Shearer v. Leuenberger, 256 Neb. 566, 591 N.W.2d 762 (1999).

FACTS

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