Grasseschi v. Smiley

FISCHBACH, Judge.

Robert R. Smiley — personal representative of the estate of decedent, Mary Lou Grasseschi, and trustee of an inter vivos trust decedent established (trustee) — appeals a probate order concerning an action taken by Thomas A. Grasseschi (Grasses-chi), the decedent’s surviving spouse. In that order, the court ruled that Grasseschi had effectively renounced his interest in the trust and, thus, was entitled to have all of the trust assets included in the augmented estate for purposes of calculating his elective share without a deduction for his otherwise beneficial interest in the…