Downes v. Downes

880 A.2d 343 (2005)

388 Md. 561

Shirley L. DOWNES

v.

Gregory DOWNES.

No. 112, September Term, 2004.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 15, 2005.

Andrea Leahy-Fucheck (Richard J. Magid, Christopher B. Lord, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP, Baltimore, on brief), for petitioner.

Charles W. Collett, Easton, for respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA and GREENE[*], JJ.

WILNER, J.

Maryland Code, § 3-203 of the Estates and Trusts Article (ET), permits the surviving spouse of a decedent to take a certain share of the decedent's net Estate — one-half or one-third,…