MATTER OF ARLIN


120 Misc.2d 96 (1983)

In the Matter of The Estate of Stanley Arlin, Deceased.

Surrogate's Court, Nassau County.

July 20, 1983


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Berger & Baum, P. C., for petitioner. Farrell, Fritz, Caemmerer, Cleary, Barnosky & Armentano for respondents.


C. RAYMOND RADIGAN, J.

In this proceeding to determine the validity and effect of a notice to elect against the will, the primary issue is whether the article THIRD bequest validly provides a minimum elective share in trust for the surviving spouse or entitles her to her elective share outright because it is prohibitively conditioned upon her being entitled to a share of the estate.

Article THIRD provides in part: "If my wife, Blanche, survives...

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