In re the Estate of Wechsler

*786On April 6, 1988, the decedent, Charles Wechsler, along with his sister, the respondent Gladys Miller, established an irrevocable inter vivos trust, the assets of which consisted of the stock of two family-owned corporations. Upon the termination of the trust, its assets were to be divided among the grantors’ children. The decedent died testate on April 23, 1993, while the trust was still in effect, and was survived by the petitioner (his wife of 17 years) and four adult children from a prior marriage.

In this action, the petitioner sought, inter alia, to take a statutory elective share of the…