In Re Moore's Estate. No. 8

In this case which comes to us from the Probate Court of Shelby County, a proceeding assigning dower to a widow is brought up for review by the guardian ad litem of minor children. There is also presented for consideration an insistence by the minor children of a former marriage that an allowance for their support awarded in connection with divorce proceedings by their mother against their father survived the death of the latter and is a charge against his estate.

The deceased father, James Gfarner Moore, Jr., died intestate September 17, 1947. His widow, Josephine Lucas Moore, was appointed…