JONES-BISHOP v. Estate of Sweeney

The Appellant, Saundra Jones-Bishop, appeals from a non-final order determining beneficiaries and striking a prior order of summary administration entered by the lower court. This Court has jurisdiction pursuant to rule 9.180(a)(4). 1 Because the order of summary administration is voidable rather than void, we reverse.

The Appellant is the granddaughter of the decedent. The decedent died testate on June 18, 2004. There was no administration of her estate until August 22, 2006, at which time the Appellant filed a petition for summary administration. The beneficiaries of the decedent’s will were…