In re Estate of Pickard

Citations

• 169 Cal. 162

Syllabus

<p>Probate Homestead—Apartment House Constituting Place op Residence mat be Set Aside.—Property belonging to the estate of a decedent, consisting of a lot with a single house thereon containing twelve residence apartments, one of which was occupied by him and his wife as their residence up to the time of his death, and in which she thereafter continued to reside, the other apartments, both prior to and after his death, being leased to various tenants, is of such character and suitability as to entitle it to be set apart as a probate homestead.</p> <p>Id.—Community Property—Presumption—Setting Aside to 'Widow in Fee.—If the property set apart is community property, and it is presumed to be if acquired after marriage, the court may set it apart to the widow as a homestead, there being no surviving children.</p>