PURCE v. PATTERSON

Record No. 062368.

654 S.E.2d 885 (2008)

Marrill W. PURCE v. Vanessa C. PATTERSON.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 11, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Billingsley (Billingsley & Snead, on briefs), King George, for appellant.

R. Scott Pugh, Spotsylvania, for appellee.

Present: HASSELL, C.J., KEENAN, KOONTZ, LEMONS, AGEE, and GOODWYN, JJ., and LACY, S.J.


OPINION BY Senior Justice ELIZABETH B. LACY.

In this appeal, Marrill W. Purce asks us to reverse the judgment of the trial court holding that he willfully abandoned his wife, Dorothy M. Purce, who died on January 19, 2005, and therefore, under Code § 64.1-16.3, was not entitled to an elective share of her augmented estate.

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