Stone v. Sintz

SHORES, Justice.

Helen Lucylle Stone, the widow of John Woodson Stone, Jr., appeals from a judgment of the Probate Court of Mobile County, Alabama. This case was previously before us in Sintz v. Stone, 562 So.2d 228 (1990).

The Stones were married in November 1970. They contemplated divorce in 1985 and during that period made transfers of real and personal property. No divorce complaint was ever filed, however, and the couple lived together until Mr. Stone’s death on March 8, 1987.

On February 5, 1981, Mr. Stone executed a will in which he left all of his property to Mrs. Stone. After his death,…