Estes v. Estes

¶ 46. I agree with the majority that Young is not entitled to an award of a widow’s allowance and that we should reverse and render on this issue. I also agree with the majority that the chancellor erroneously applied the law in awarding the widow a child’s share of Estes’s estate and reverse its decision as to that issue. I disagree with the majority’s holding that the chancellor heard evidence but made no finding regarding Young’s abandonment, and that remand is the proper disposition for this portion of the judgment. I would find that Young is estopped from inheriting from Estes’s estate…