Griesemer v. Boyer & Rex

Citations

• 13 Wash. 171
• 43 P. 17
• 1895 Wash. LEXIS 69

Syllabus

<p>ADMINISTRATION OP DECEDENT’S ESTATE — RIGHT OP WIDOW AND CHILDREN TO ALLOWANCE — RESIDENCE OP WIDOW.</p> <p>Under Code Proc., §973, providing that in case the property of a decedent exempt from execution, which has been set apart for the use of the widow and minor children, prove insufficient for their support, “ the court shall make such further reasonable allowance out of the estate as may be necessary for the maintenance of the family according to their circumstances, during the progress of the settlement of the estate,” the widow and children are entitled to such allowance, although the husband may have made provision for them otherwise by means of life insurance policies payable to the widow.</p> <p>Semble, that the fact that the widow and children are non-residents of this state at the time of the administration upon the husband’s estate, will not deprive them . of the right to the allowance provided by Code Proc., §973.</p>