Legal Opinion
In Re Estate of Pope
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided September 2, 2008No. COA06-1644PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEER, Judge.
Petitioner Jane Forbes Pope appeals from the order granting respondents’ motion for summary judgment and denying her claim for an elective share under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 30-3.1 et seq. (2007) (the “Elective Share Act”). We hold that Ms. Pope has failed to demonstrate that the clerk of superior court and, on appeal, the superior court deviated from the procedural requirements of the Elective Share Act. Further, we have concluded based on the undisputed facts that the trust assets at issue are not included in the “Total Net Assets,” as defined by N.C. Gen. Stat. § 30-3.2(4) (2007),…
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