Dunnewind v. Cook

OPINION

RUCKER, Judge.

Appellants-Respondents Bonnie L. Dunne-wind and John T. Dunnewind (“Dunne-winds”) appeal from the trial court’s order determining that assets remaining in the Irrevocable Trust of Florence M. Cook are subject to Thomas E. Cook’s (“Cook”) election to take against the will. The Dunne-winds raise one issue for our review which we rephrase as: whether the trial court erred by including the trust property in the decedent’s estate. We affirm.

Cook is the surviving spouse of Florence Cook (“Decedent”). There were no children born of the marriage; however, the Decedent was…