We are here concerned with the provisions of subdivision 9 of section 18 of the Decedent Estate Law. This section affords to a surviving spouse a right to elect to take his or her share of the estate of the deceased spouse as in intestacy, against the deceased's will, subject to certain limitations, conditions and exceptions set forth in the section.
Said subdivision 9 provides that the surviving...
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