Matter of Estate of Au
Hawaii Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT BY
RICHARDSON, C J.
This interlocutory appeal 1 is from a probate proceeding concerning the estate of David Au. The parties to this appeal are the estate’s executrix, appellant Nui Sin Au, 2 and decedent David Au’s wife, appellee Ellen Ching Au. The court below ruled that $180,000 in proceeds from the sale of land held by decedent and appellee as tenants by the entirety was also property held by the entirety. It therefore concluded that the proceeds belonged to appellee because she survived the decedent. The court below further ruled that $1,469 in money gifts received at…
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