National City Bank v. Welch

1. Among the necessary expenses of administration, and to be preferred above all other debts except those specially provided, is the provision for a year’s support to the family of a decedent, whether he dies testate or intestate, which inures for the benefit of the widow or widow and minor children, or, if no widow, the minor children. Code, § 113-1002.

2. “When an estate is to be kept together for a longer time than twelve months, and there are no debts to pay, and a widow and minor children to be supported out of said estate, they shall have a year’s support for each year that such estate…