In re the Estate of Walton

Respondents-appellants (appellants), a group which includes the widow of the decedent,1 the Attorney-General of the State of New York, an educational institution and several named charitable organizations, separately appeal from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court, New York County (Di Falco, S.) entered April 1, 1976, which determined the validity and effect of the widow’s election to take an elective share of the decedent’s estate and also determined that an inter vivos trust created in 1958 and thereafter amended, satisfies her right of election except to the extent of $10,000.

This proceeding…