IN RE ESTATE OF JONES

No. 117893.

259 F.Supp. 951 (1966)

In Re ESTATE of Isarel N. JONES, Deceased.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

October 26, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Slater Clarke, Washington, D. C., for petitioner.


MEMORANDUM

HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

The District of Columbia law governing the distribution of decedents' estates, contains the following provision in D.C. Code § 19-101(a):

"Upon the death of a person leaving a surviving spouse, the spouse is entitled to an allowance out of the personal estate of the decedent of the sum of $500 for the personal use of himself and of minor children."

In this case the surviving spouse died subsequently...

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