Tanner v. Estate of Tanner

SMITH, Judge.

Appellants appeal final orders entered by the circuit court granting appellee’s motion to strike appellants’ defenses to a petition for administration filed on behalf of appel-lee, admitting the challenged will to probate, and issuing letters of administration. The issue is whether appellants’ written defenses were timely filed, after formal notice under the Florida Probate Code, where the defenses were filed more than twenty days from service of the notice, but before the order admitting the challenged will to probate and issuance of letters. We find the defenses were timely…