In Re Estate of Koziol

PRESIDING JUSTICE QUINN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner Shirley Koch, the daughter and sole heir of the decedent Irene Koziol, appeals from an order of the circuit court denying her petition to vacate the admission of a copy of a will and the original codicil of the decedent. Petitioner also appeals the circuit court’s denial of her request for formal proof of decedent’s will. For the following reasons, we reverse the circuit court’s order and remand this case for further proceedings.

I. BACKGROUND

On September 25, 2003, the circuit court admitted to probate a copy of a will of the…