Messner v. Dedeo

Joan Messner, claimant to the estate of Joseph DeDeo, appeals from an order sustaining the personal representative’s objection to her claim against the estate, and denying her motion for extension of time.1

We reverse and remand, as the trial court erred in denying the motion for extension of time without affording proper notice to the claimant or her attorneys. We do not reach the issue of the merits of Messner’s claim.

Messner, a resident of New York, filed her claim against the estate within the statutory claims period, through the New York law firm of Iannuzzi and Iannuzzi. The personal…