In Re Oppenheimer's Estate

Under the authorities, the right to the widow's allowance being granted as a matter of public policy, any waiver of the same must appear by clear and unambiguous language. (11 Cal. Jur., pp. 506-509; Woerner on American Law of Administration, p. 255.) "It makes no difference that the widow has sufficient property of her own out of which to support herself." (Estate ofLux, 100 Cal. 595, 35 P. 345, 639; Estate of Bump, 152 Cal. 274,92 P. 643.) "Right of family allowance paramount to right of testamentary disposition." (Sulzberger v. Sulzberger,50 Cal. 385; Estate of Davis, 69 Cal. 458, 10 P.…