In re Jellech

CRANDALL, Presiding Judge.

Petitioner, Velkjo Jellech, appeals from the orders of the circuit court denying his petitions, as the surviving spouse of Virginia Jellech, for the homestead allowance, pursuant to § 474.290, RSMo (1986), and for the exempt property allowance, pursuant to § 474.250, RSMo (1986). We affirm.

Virginia Jellech (decedent) died testate on October 28, 1991. Her will was admitted to probate on December 13, 1991. Article Three of her Last Will and Testament read as follows:

I have heretofore listed my Husband, Velkjo Jellech, as a beneficiary on my pension with the State of…