LANE v. SCARBOROUGH

No. 7326SC328.

198 S.E.2d 45 (1973)

19 N.C. App. 32

Thomas G. LANE, Jr., Administrator d.b.n. of the Estate of Tommy Curtis Colee, Deceased, v. Betty Colee SCARBOROUGH et al.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 25, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanders, Walker & London by Robert G. Sanders and Robert C. Stephens, Charlotte, for plaintiff appellants.

Thomas D. Windsor, Charlotte, for defendant appellee.


PARKER, Judge.

The marriage relationship vests in the respective spouses a number of distinct legal rights. Among these are the rights to consortium, to support (in the case of the dependent spouse, G.S. § 50-16.1 et seq.), to administer the estate of the deceased spouse in case of intestacy as provided by G.S. § 28-6(a)(1), to take an elective life estate as provided by G.S. § 29-30, to dissent from the will of the deceased spouse as provided by G...

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