Estate of Staples

RUDMAN, Justice.

Priscilla Staples, daughter of Edith G. Staples, appeals from the order of the York County Probate Court {Brooks, J.) directing the payment of $20,000 to her brother Bruce Staples as an “expense of sale” in recognition of Bruce’s maintenance of their decedent mother’s home. We conclude that the Probate Court erred as a matter of law in awarding Bruce any amount based on his time-barred claim. Accordingly, we vacate that portion of the order awarding $20,000 to Bruce Staples and remand to the Probate Court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

Edith G. Staples…