Chapman v. Chapman

OPALA, Justice.

The issue presented on certiorari is whether any one of the plaintiff’s [wife’s] three claims against the former husband’s estate can withstand a challenge by demurrer to her amended petition. We answer in the affirmative and hold that the pleading in question states a claim only insofar as it seeks enforcement of that provision in the divorce decree which requires the decedent to maintain in force for her benefit a life insurance policy.

The wife and the decedent [husband] were divorced by an Oklahoma decree on October 25, 1965, after 32 years of marriage. The terms of a…