Langham v. Mann

ULRICH, Judge.

Ronald Lee Langham, as personal representative of Leo H. Langham, deceased, and Jane Boyd, deceased, and Thomas J. and Joyce Roberson, husband and wife, appeal the trial court’s order dismissing their petition contesting both the 1984 will and the 1985 codicil of Reola E. Baggett who died May 27, 1985. The issue presented is whether the entry of appearance of a necessary party to a will contest action filed more than ninety days after the petition was filed and the necessary parties’ waiver of any property devised by the will retains or vests jurisdiction in the trial court to…