In Re Estate of Signore

Respondent, Margaret Kieskowski, executor of the estate of Marcyanna Signore, appeals from a trial court order in favor of petitioner, Angelo Signore, decedent’s second husband. The trial court found that decedent’s will was not a joint and mutual will made by decedent and her first husband, who predeceased her, and that petitioner could therefore renounce decedent’s will and receive one-half of the estate. The court also found that petitioner was entitled to $10,000 as a statutory spouse’s award.

On December 21, 1973, decedent and her first husband, Stanley J. Swiatek, executed a single…