Grove v. Frame

In this case we are asked to decide whether a husband’s absolute and unconditional transfer of his residence to a third party for nominal consideration and with the avowed purpose of forcing his wife to leave the property, can be set aside by his wife after his death as either a fraud on her right to alimony and support or on her right to share in his estate.

The appellant, Matilda F. Grove, married her now deceased husband, Herbert R. Grove, on November 22, 1970. The appellant was then 58; Herbert was 76. It was the appellant’s second marriage and Herbert’s third. Herbert’s first wife had…