Parker v. Brewer

This matter comes before us from a decision in favor of the respondents below, Linda J. Brewer and Betty R. Starwalt, co-executors of the estate of Paul I. Parker (deceased), from the circuit court of Shelby County. Petitioner, Olive Kelm Parker, filed a claim against the estate of the deceased, filed an application for the surviving spouse’s award allowed by section 15 — 1(a) of the Probate Act of 1975 (El. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. ÍKP/s, par. 15 — 1(a)), and filed a renunciation and election to take against the will on October 3, 1986. In answer to petitioner’s petition, respondents raised as a…