Coleman v. Coleman

Fletcher, Presiding Justice.

Ermadell and Albert Coleman married in 1950, had ten children, separated in 1972, and divorced in 1977. Mrs. Coleman filed a complaint seeking specific performance of an oral agreement that Mr. Coleman would sign over title to the couple’s home after the divorce. The trial court dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim. Because the complaint alleges that Mrs. Coleman has remained in possession of the property, made all the mortgage and tax payments, and improved the property based on the parol agreement, she has stated a claim for specific performance.…