In Re Toth Estate

Joseph Toth, a resident of Rose-ville, Michigan and Anna Ganczer, a citizen of Hungary, were married in Hungary in August of 1964. They returned to Michigan and lived in Macomb County until Joseph Toth died on July 6, 1970. Anna filed petitions for a widow’s election and allowance in the Macomb County Probate Court. That court denied her petitions, but the circuit court granted her relief. At the same time, the executor of the estate filed an action in the Macomb County Circuit Court, alleging that Anna was not the widow of Joseph in that their marriage was invalid because they were counsins…