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IN RE ESTATE OF MURPHY

No. 58721.

102 Ill.2d 197 (1984)

464 N.E.2d 1057

In re ESTATE OF DOLORES C. MURPHY, Deceased (David J. Murphy, Appellant, v. Lorene Jones, Extr'x, Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 25, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Murphy, appellant, pro se.

Hohlt, House, DeMoss & Johnson, of Nashville (Clarence W. DeMoss, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The subject of this appeal is the statutory share to be given a surviving spouse who, under section 2-8 of the Probate Act of 1975 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 110 1/2, par. 2-8), renounces the will of the deceased spouse, who died leaving a daughter by a previous marriage. The circuit court of Washington County held that under section 2-8 of the Act the surviving spouse is entitled, after the...

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