Downes v. Downes

BARBERA, Judge.

Appellant, Shirley L. Downes, filed this appeal after the Circuit Court for Talbot County, on appeal from the orphans’ court, denied her motion to grant a fifth petition for extension of time to file an election to take a statutory share of her deceased husband’s estate. The court determined that it did not have the discretion to grant the petition after the preceding extension period had expired, and dismissed the appeal.

Appellant challenges that judgment before us. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

FACTS AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Appellant’s husband, Eldridge Downes, IV,…