Estate of Hardy

GLASSMAN, Justice.

Herbert F. Hardy died testate in Maine in 1979. After providing for the payment of his funeral expenses and administrative costs, Hardy’s will left his widow a life estate in all of his remaining assets. 1 The will also provided for specific bequests and devises to be made upon termination of the life estate. 2 Irene (Geri) Butler, as the personal representative of the estate, filed a petition for instructions in the Hancock County Probate Court (Ellsworth, Patterson, J.) to determine whether the third article of Hardy’s will disposed of the furniture as well as the real…