In re Estate of Kazorow

Appellate court considered whether a claim of tortious interference with inheritance expectancy was subject to the five-year statute of limitations for tort claims or the six-month statute of limitations for filing a will contest under the Probate Act. The appellate court reversed, finding that the trial court erred when it concluded that plaintiff’s claims were time-barred because plaintiff’s tort claim was based on documents obtained through discovery in a pending will contest and that adding the tort claims to the will contest matter, even where it fell outside the time limits set by the Probate Act, was not improper. (HOWSE and COBBS, concurring)