BUNCH v. DICK

[No. 84, September Term, 1979.]

287 Md. 358 (1980)

412 A.2d 405

E. PATRICIA BUNCH ET AL. v. DELBERT R. DICK, PERS. REP. OF THE ESTATE OF ERNEST DELBERT DICK

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 27, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Krouse for appellants.

William Blanton McDanald for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, ORTH, COLE and DAVIDSON, JJ.


COLE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case we are asked to decide whether an election by a surviving spouse to take a statutory share from the estate of a deceased spouse is effective where such election is filed after the death of the surviving spouse.

This dispute arose in the Orphans' Court for Montgomery County on exceptions filed by the daughters of Grace B. Dick to the first and final account of the estate of Ernest Delbert Dick. The...

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