Swett v. Estate of Wakem

GLASSMAN, Justice.

The estate of Joseph J. Wakem, represented by its personal representative, appeals from a judgment of the Aroostook County Probate Court allowing the claims of Barbara Trudel and Mildred Swett against the estate. We grant the appeal.

Joseph J. Wakem died intestate in Caribou on April 11, 1982. The Probate Court appointed the decedent’s sister, Josephine W. Bell, personal representative (PR) of the estate. Notice to creditors was duly published pursuant to 18-A M.R.S.A. § 3-801 (1981). Mildred Swett and Barbara Trudel (claimants) filed claims against the estate in the Probate…