DOWNES v. DOWNES

No. 1697, Sept. Term, 2003.

857 A.2d 1155 (2004)

158 Md. App. 598

Shirley L. DOWNES v. Gregory DOWNES.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

September 13, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Magid, Christopher B. Lord (Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP on the brief), Baltimore, for Appellant.

Charles W. Collett, Easton, for Appellee.

Panel: KENNEY, BARBERA, and WILLIAM W. WENNER (Retired, specially assigned), JJ.


BARBERA, Judge.

Appellant, Shirley L. Downes, filed this appeal after the Circuit Court for Talbot County, on appeal from the orphans' court, denied her motion to grant a fifth petition for extension of time to file an election to take a statutory share of her deceased husband's estate. The court determined that it did not have the discretion to grant the petition after the preceding extension period had expired, and dismissed the appeal.

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