Decker v. Decker

STAKELY, Justice.

A question in this case is whether or not a certain interest in remainder has been accelerated by the election of the widow to dissent from her husband’s will. The right of a widow to take against her husband’s will is provided for in § 18 et seq., Title 61, Code of 1940.

Iness Decker is the widow of Paul Decker, deceased. George Paul Decker, a minor, is the only child of Iness Decker and Paul Decker, deceased. The will of the decedent was admitted to probate in the Probate Court of Marshall County, Alabama, on May 7, 1947. Iness Decker is the legal guardian of her minor son.…