In re Estate of Livingston

CAVANAUGH, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order dismissing exceptions to a decree nisi in the Court of Common Pleas, Fayette County. Appellant presents two issues for our review. First, whether the appellant, who is the surviving spouse of the decedent and was the administratrix of decedent’s estate, filed a timely claim against the estate; and second, whether the appellant’s claim is barred by the doctrine of laches. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the order of the lower court.

*200Ronald G. Livingston, the decedent, died on August 9, 1980, survived by his spouse, Margaret L. Livingston,…