Posey v. Posey

614 So.2d 1041 (1993)

Mittie Marie POSEY

v.

Ronald Keith POSEY, et al.

1911647.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

March 12, 1993.

Bill Fite, Hamilton, for appellant.

Nelson Vinson of Vinson & Guyton, Hamilton, for appellees.

KENNEDY, Justice.

The plaintiff/widow, Mittie Marie Posey, appeals from what she calls a denial of her family allowance claim. The family allowance provision of the Probate Code, Ala. Code 1975, § 43-8-112, provides inter alia, "a reasonable allowance" from a decedent's estate for the decedent's "surviving spouse ... whom the decedent was obligated to support ... for [the spouse's]…