Brown v. Estate of Brown

Miller, Judge.

Within two years of Walter Brown, Sr.’s death, his widow Corine Brown petitioned his estate for a year’s support. The estate’s executor and the Browns’ minor children objected, arguing that she had already elected to take two real property bequests under his will in lieu of a year’s support. They urged that (1) her receipt of the will which expressly set forth that the bequests were in lieu of her year’s support, (2) her receipt of a deed from the executor granting her the real property interests so devised, (3) her subsequent payment of property taxes on the real estate…