Matter of Estate of Bowman

McFADDEN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a portion of a judicial order appointing William E. Bowman, contestant-respondent, the personal representative of the estate of his deceased wife, Dorothy L. Cruse Bowman. Also appealed is the order granting the respondent Bowman a homestead and family allowance from the deceased’s separate property. Other parts of the order are not contested.

In 1966, the deceased, while still married to her first husband, Cyril C. Cruse, executed a will leaving certain personal effects to her daughter, Dianna Lee, and the remainder of her estate to her husband, Cyril…