Succession of Firmin

TERRI F. LOVE, Judge.

|; This case arises from a dispute in a succession proceeding regarding the payment of the mortgage debt on a home. The issue on appeal is which of the parties is responsible for payment of the interest on the mortgage note as between the wife of the decedent, who was left the “use and habitation” of the property, and the succession. We affirm the trial court’s judgment in holding that the decedent’s wife is not required to pay the interest on the mortgage debt.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Albert P. Firmin died testate on February 2, 2003, leaving his wife,…