Noble v. Noble

OPINION

CADENA, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Charles H. Noble, Jr., complains of the action of the court below in granting the application of appellee, Maureen Melba Noble, for a widow’s allowance. Appellee, the second wife of decedent, married decedent about one year before his death. Appellant is decedent’s son by a prior marriage.

The pertinent statutory provisions relating to the award of an allowance to a surviving spouse are found in sections 286-288 of the Probate Code. 1 Sections 286 and 287 provide that the court shall fix an allowance for the support of the surviving spouse of a decedent…