Estate of King v. King

In this appeal, the Estate of William R. King challenges an order of the trial court refusing to allow the Estate to be substituted in place of the now-deceased former husband and requiring it to seek enforcement of the final judgment of dissolution in the probate court or, failing that, to file a new civil suit. We reverse.

William and Loyda King divorced in 2008. The terms of their marital settlement agreement, incorporated into the final judgment of dissolution, permitted the wife to remain in the former marital residence contingent upon her assuming specified financial obligations…