Washington Court Reverses Denial Of Statutory Award Increase To Surviving Spouse

Mealey's (April 30, 2021, 10:55 AM EDT) -- SPOKANE, Wash. — A Washington appeals court on April 22 reversed and remanded in part a trial court’s refusal to increase a surviving spouse’s statutory award, holding that the lower court employed the wrong statutory standard in a dispute between a widower and his stepson over a decedent’s will....