Seifert v. Gary

JAMES S. GETTY, Judge,

Specially Assigned.

This case originated in the Orphans’ Court for Baltimore County resulting in a ruling that the decedent died intestate. That ruling was appealed to the Circuit Court for Baltimore County wherein Judge James T. Smith, Jr., denied a motion to dismiss the appeal as untimely and, at the conclusion of a de novo hearing, held that the decedent did not die intestate. The matter was then appealed to this Court for further review.

Henry Stewart Cunningham, the decedent, died July 30, 1988, survived by two daughters, Angela A. Seifert, the appellant herein, and…