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MATTER OF ESTATE OF BURTON

No. 86-622.

541 A.2d 599 (1988)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Alex H. BURTON. Appeal of Jean SANDERS.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 29, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marion E. Baurley, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for appellant.

Before BELSON, TERRY and ROGERS, Associate Judges.

ROGERS, Associate Judge:

In this appeal we must decide whether the probate judge erred in denying payment of the family allowance, D.C. Code § 19-101(a) (1981), out of the net proceeds of a sale of real property ordered by the court in order to pay the decedent's creditors. Appellant Jean Sanders, the surviving spouse of the decedent Alex H. Burton and personal representative of his estate, appeals the denial of payment of the full family allowance, arguing that...

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