Matter of Estate of Lorenzo

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

RICHARDSON, C.J.

Respondent-appellant Olive Lorenzo appeals from a jury verdict barring her dower interest in favor of petitionerappellee, the executor of the estate of Manuel P. Lorenzo.

We reverse the judgment and remand the case.

On July 21, 1972, appellee filed a petition to probate the estate of Manuel P. Lorenzo. The petition provided that the deceased left no spouse. On October 5,1972, the petition was amended naming Olive Lorenzo as decedent’s widow. On January 29, 1974, appellee petitioned to bar appellant’s dower interest pursuant to HRS § 533-9 1 on grounds of…