In Re Estate of Riemcke

This appeal presents questions arising from the primary legatees’ and devisees’ renunciation of their right to take under a will.

Enid Weber Riemcke died testate February 18, 1967. She was survived by her husband (the respondent), her parents, and her sister (the appellant).

Decedent’s will, executed in 1956, contained six paragraphs only the second and third of which are important here. They read in pertinent part as follows:

Second:

I hereby declare that I am the wife of Charles A. Riemcke. I make no special provision for him herein, although substantially all of the property owned by me and…