Where a widow has insufficient income to support herself and the estate is substantial with no competing claims from adult children, the court will not take a niggardly approach to provision. The widow's own assets, particularly the matrimonial home provided by the deceased, should not be expected to be consumed for living expenses. The standard of appellate review for family provision decisions is that applicable to discretionary decisions, requiring restraint in disturbing evaluative determinations.
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