Gravatt's Estate

Bolger, J.,

The question presented by these exceptions is whether, under the provisions of section 12\a) of the Fiduciaries Act of June 7, 1917, P. L. 447, 20 PS §471, an adult child who formed part of the family is entitled to exemption out of his widowed mother’s estate.

*680Section 12(a) provides as follows:

“The widow, if any, or if there be no widow, or if she has forfeited her rights, then the children forming part of the family of any decedent . . . may retain or claim . . . property ... to the value of five hundred dollars . . .”

The auditing judge refused to allow the claim, stating (p. 3 of…