Legal Opinion
Rockler v. Sevareid
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 20, 1997No. 95-PR-1626, 96-PR-204PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REID, Associate Judge:
The will of decedent Eric Sevareid was admitted to probate on July 27, 1992. Subsequently, on October 23, 1992, Mr. Sevareid’s spouse, Suzanne St. Pierre Sevareid, filed a renunciation of the bequest made to her under the will and elected, instead, to take her statutory share of the estate pursuant to D.C.Code § 19-113(a) and (e) (1989 Repl.). 1 Mrs. Sevareid’s bequest under the will was twenty-two percent of Mr. Sevareid’s adjusted gross estate, free of taxes, in trust; her statutory election under § 19-113(a) and (e) increased her share of Mr. Sevareid’s estate. 2
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2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Urban Masonry Corp. v. N&N Contractors, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- Matter of Estate of ShapiroSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1986
- Roland H. Del Mar and the Riggs National Bank of Washington, D. C., as Executors of the Estate of Charles Delmar, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Herson v. MillsDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1963
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