Rainier v. Calhoun

NESBITT, Judge.

The personal representative of an estate appeals an order awarding interest on a creditor’s claim from the date of filing the claim against the decedent’s estate. We reverse in part, affirm in part, and remand for further proceedings.

The petition for administration of the estate was filed on September 19, 1984. On November 30, 1984, the creditor, Calhoun, filed his claim in the proceeding. The first publication of notice of administration was made on June 18, 1985. Proof of publication was not filed until some one and a half years after the petition for administration had been…