Hooks v. Bonner

Kathy E. Hooks (plaintiff) appeals the circuit court’s dismissal with prejudice of her complaint filed against Lawrence T. Bonner and Earl L. Neal, coadministrators of the estate of Genoa S. Washington, and their surety, Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland (defendants), because plaintiff’s claim, alleging matters relating to Genoa Washington’s estate, was barred by section 24 — 2 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 110½, par. 24 — 2). On appeal plaintiff seeks reversal of the circuit court’s order, contending that her claim does not constitute a collateral attack…