Estate of Leavitt

[¶ 1] The personal representative of the Estate of Max L. Leavitt (the Estate) appeals from a judgment entered in the Hancock County Probate Court (Patterson, J.) ordering the Estate to deliver a deed of distribution for certain real estate and fixtures. The court held that the decedent breached an enforceable contract to devise to Clayton Wadsworth the decedent’s property known as the Bucksport Flower Shop. On appeal, the Estate contends, inter alia, that Wadsworth’s claim is time-barred by the Probate Code. We agree and vacate the judgment.

[¶ 2] The underlying facts may be summarized as…