Evelyn Tarnawa v. Richard Goode

The defendant, Richard Goode, appeals an order of the Superior Court ( Messer , J.) granting a petition to partition real property in Manchester brought by the plaintiff, Evelyn Tarnawa. We affirm.

The following facts were found by the trial court or are established by documents submitted to the trial court. The parties are siblings. They received joint title to the property at issue under the will of their mother (the decedent), who died in 2009. The defendant had been living on the property with the decedent prior to her death, and, after her death, chose to continue living there.

In 2010,…