In Re Estate of Stanford

This cause comes on for appeal from the judgment of the circuit court of Clay County wherein the court determined that it lacked personal jurisdiction over one of the heirs, Carole Miller; vacated all orders entered following the admittance of Arvilla S. Stanford’s (the decedent’s) will to probate; and reopened the estate for probate. The court found that the notice requirements of section 6 — 10(a) of the Probate Act of 1975 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. ll01/2, par. 6 — 10(a)), regarding informing the heirs and legatees of their right to require formal proof of the will and their right to…