In Re Estate of Antonopoulos

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lockett, J.:

Decedent’s surviving spouse appeals the district court’s ruling that certain property and funds held at the time of the decedent’s death in joint tenancy by the decedent and decedent’s son by a prior marriage are not included in the augmented estate from which the decedent’s spouse could take an elective share. Decedent’s son cross appeals the district court’s increase of the surviving spouse’s elective share by finding that the decedent and surviving spouse entered into a common-law marriage prior to their wedding ceremony.

Decedent, John…