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MATTER OF ESTATE OF BROWN

No. 7820SC335.

251 S.E.2d 905 (1979)

In the Matter of the ESTATE of James L. BROWN.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 20, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seawell, Pollock, Fullenwider, Robbins & May by P. Wayne Robbins, Carthage, for respondent-appellant.

Johnson, Poole & Webster by W. Terrell Webster, Jr., Abderdeen, for petitioner-appellee.

WEBB, Judge.

G.S. 30-15 provides:

"Every surviving spouse of an intestate or of a testator, whether or not he has dissented from the will, shall, unless he has forfeited his right thereto as provided by law, be entitled, out of the personal property of the deceased spouse, to an allowance of the value of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for his support for one year after the death of the deceased spouse. Such allowance shall be exempt from any lien, by judgment...

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