Downes v. Downes

*565WILNER, J.

Maryland Code, § 3-203 of the Estates and Trusts Article (ET), permits the surviving spouse of a decedent to take a certain share of the decedent’s net Estate — one-half or one-third, depending on whether there is surviving issue — in lieu of property left to the spouse by the decedent’s Will. ET § 3-206 and Maryland Rule 6-411 set a time deadline on the making of that election, however. The deadline relevant to this case was seven months after the date of the first appointment of a personal representative under the Will. It has since been changed to the later of nine months after…