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The deceased’s estate of some $166,000 included insurance policies of some $81,000 of which the second wife was the beneficiary, and these were charged with liabilities of some $17,000. In net terms, it appears that the second wife was entitled, upon the deceased’s death, to about $64,000 under policies of insurance on his life and to some $60,000 under his will. Furlong C.J., who heard the application under The Family Relief Act, made an order for payment of $20,000 to the applicant. His order referred only to the applicant and did not embrace her two children. I note here that the second wife had a child by the deceased and this child survived him but was not included in the benefits under his will, save in an event (the death of her mother within 30 days after the deceased’s death) which did not occur.
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