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SPENCER v. WILLIAMS

No. 87-982.

569 A.2d 1194 (1990)

Samuel SPENCER, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Loy W. Henderson, Appellant, v. Julia B. WILLIAMS, as Conservator of the Person and Estate of Elise M. Henderson, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 12, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald K. Graham, with whom Richard A. Holderman, Washington, D.C. was on the brief, for appellant.

Michael F. Curtin, with whom Karen S. Berky, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before BELSON and TERRY, Associate Judges, and MACK, Senior Judge.

MACK, Senior Judge:

This case raises issues as to the circumstances under which an incompetent surviving spouse may renounce the will of the predeceasing spouse. Appellant, the personal representative of the decedent's estate, appeals from an order of the trial court ratifying the decision of the conservator for the decedent's incompetent wife to renounce the decedent's will on the wife's behalf and elect instead for her to receive the statutory share of his estate...

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