Shilvock v. Shilvock

The problem in this case is whether the Superior or the Probate Court has jurisdiction over that part of a decedent’s personal estate which had been included in a property settlement in a divorce decree.

Irene Shilvock and George Shilvock were divorced in 1957. The decree provided for alimony and a property settlement. One phase of the latter pertained to 1,393 shares of stock owned by George Shilvock. It was decreed that Mrs. Shilvock would receive all the dividends paid on the stock during her life, that the stock could not be sold without her consent, and if sold with her consent 50% of the…