Garbel v. Klosowski

In this appeal from a circuit court order appointing as administrator of an estate the nominee of decedent’s whole-blooded sister, we are asked to review that appointment under certain provisions of the Probate Act of 1975 (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 110Vz, par. 1 — 1 et seq.), and also decide whether there was a showing of hostility or conflict of interest so as to affect the appointment of that administrator.

Decedent, who died on March 20, 1985, was survived by Pauline Garbel (Pauline), a sister of whole blood and a resident of Indiana, and Rose Klosowski (Rose), a sister of half blood…