In re Estate of Mason

{¶ 1} Dorothy L. Mason passed away on December 3, 1999, and her will was admitted to probate on January 10, 2000. In her will, Dorothy Mason left her son, Richard F. Mason, a one-fourth interest in the proceeds from the sale of the real property in her estate.

{¶2} In June 2000, a law firm, appellee and cross-appellant, Rakestraw & Rakestraw, revived a judgment it had obtained against Richard Mason in 1994. A few months after reviving the 1994 judgment, Rakestraw & Rakestraw filed a garnishment action to attach Richard Mason’s interest in the estate of.his mother and served the notice of…