SULLIVAN v. BURKIN


390 Mass. 864 (1984)

460 N.E.2d 572

MARY A. SULLIVAN vs. CHARLES BURKIN, trustee, & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice F. Joyce for the plaintiff.

Christopher C. Tsouros for Charles Burkin.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

Mary A. Sullivan, the widow of Ernest G. Sullivan, has exercised her right, under G.L.c. 191, § 15, to take a share of her husband's estate. By this action, she seeks a determination that assets held in an inter vivos trust created by her husband during the marriage should be considered as part of the estate in determining that share. A judge of the Probate Court for the county of Suffolk rejected the widow...

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