GEDDINGS v. GEDDINGS

No. 24282.

460 S.E.2d 376 (1995)

Pinkie M. GEDDINGS, Respondent, v. Marvin Thomas GEDDINGS, Jr., Allen Nicholes Geddings, Rachel Geddings McCollough and James Jackson Geddings, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Marvin Thomas Geddings, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided July 24, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew A. Henderson, Spartanburg, for appellants.

Robert A. Hammett and Duncan E. Alford, Spartanburg, for respondent.


FINNEY, Chief Justice:

Respondent (Pinkie Geddings) initiated this action seeking to invoke her right to an elective share of the decedent's probate estate pursuant to S.C.Code Ann. § 62-2-201 (Supp.1994). Appellants answered alleging Mrs. Geddings had waived her right to an elective share by signing a waiver agreement. After a hearing, the probate judge granted Mrs. Geddings an elective share finding that the purported waiver was void because she did not receive...

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