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Question of Fact Whether Wife of Decedent Had Abandoned Decedent

The Third Department determined that a question of fact had been raised about whether decedent’s wife had abandoned decedent such that she should be disqualified as surviving spouse:

A person may be disqualified from inheriting from his or her deceased spouse where the surviving “spouse abandoned the deceased spouse, and such abandonment continued until the time of death” (EPTL 5-1.2 [a] [5]).  The party asserting abandonment bears the burden of establishing that the surviving spouse departed from the marital abode and that such departure was both “unjustified and without the consent of the other spouse” ,,, .  In determining whether one spouse has abandoned the other, a court employs the same standards as are applied in the context of an action for a separation or divorce based on abandonment … . Matter of Yengle…, 516840, 3rd Dept 1-9-14

 

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