In re the Estate of Bodenstein

Decree affirmed, with costs payable out of the estate. Memorandum: In a proceeding to determine the validity of a claim on behalf of a widow, who had been adjudged incompetent, to take her intestate share of her husband’s estate, against his will, pursuant to section 18 of the Decedent Estate Law, we conclude that, upon the undisputed facts and in accord with section 18, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), and subdivision 6, her committee became entitled to a limited right of election on her behalf, to withdraw the sum of $2,500 absolutely from the principal of a testamentary trust created in her…