Legal Opinion
Senk v. Mork
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided October 1, 1978No. [No. 78, October Term, 1956.]PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrune, C. J.
The principal question in this case is whether or not a surviving spouse may maintain a contest attacking the validity of the will of the deceased spouse, when the survivor could have taken exactly the same interest by timely renunciation of the will as by striking it down through a successful caveat proceeding. 1 The time for renunciation has expired.
The testatrix, Margaret D. Long Mork, died on April 20, 1952. She was survived by her husband, the appellee, two sisters, and a nephew and two nieces who are children of a deceased brother of the testatrix. One of the sisters, Mrs. Senk, is the…
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