Unitas v. Temple

RODOWSKY, Judge.

The late Raymond V. Rangle, M.D. (Rangle) died intestate in June 1983 at age sixty-seven. After his death his long time fiancee and lover, Janet Marsha Temple (Temple), the respondent, brought this action to enforce an alleged oral contract under which Rangle was to provide for Temple in his will. Although Rangle’s estate included realty, the circuit court held that the statute of frauds was inapplicable because of part performance by Temple. The Court of Special Appeals agreed. Unitas v. Temple, 74 Md. App. 506, 538 A.2d 1201 (1988) (Wenner, J., dissenting). Because the…