Bunch v. Dick

In this case we are asked to decide whether an election by a surviving spouse to take a statutory share from the estate of a deceased spouse is effective where such election is filed after the death of the surviving spouse.

This dispute arose in the Orphans’ Court for Montgomery County on exceptions filed by the daughters of Grace B. Dick to the first and final account of the estate of Ernest Delbert Dick. The orphans’ court filed an order overruling the exception to the account from which an appeal was noted to the Court of Special Appeals. Prior to proceedings in that court this Court on its…