Ridgeway v. Archdekin

BRECKENRIDGE, Judge.

This appeal involves a probate proceeding in which Cecil Ridgeway elected to take against the will of his deceased wife, Viola R. *168Hoover Ridgeway. Mr. Ridgeway appeals the judgment of the circuit court, probate division, which ordered that in calculating Mr. Ridgeway’s elective share under § 474.-163, RSMo 1986,1 Ms. Ridgeway’s estate was properly enhanced by a $1,000 survivor’s benefit, a $5,000 certificate of deposit, and a joint checking account in the amount of $12,-447.13. Mr. Ridgeway raises one point on appeal, contending that the trial court erred in including…