IN RE ESTATE OF ABEL

No. 153-2.

5 Wn. App. 37 (1971)

486 P.2d 313

In the Matter of the Estate of WALTER CLIVE ABEL, Deceased.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

May 24, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest M. Ingram (of Ingram, Zelasko & Goodwin), for appellant.

Stanley A. Taylor (of Conniff, Taylor, Moffett & Behrhorst), for respondent.


PER CURIAM:

This case involves a disputed grant of an award in lieu of homestead. The deceased, Walter Abel, died testate in September, 1968, and the value of the assets in his estate has been appraised as in excess of $2.6 million. His will provided that this entire amount, which was all the separate property of Mr. Abel, should be equally divided among his surviving spouse and his three children by a prior marriage.

The surviving spouse petitioned the trial...

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