Gardner v. Richardson

OPINION

GOULD, Judge.

¶ 1 This is an appeal taken from the trial court’s order determining that Appellant, Marlene Richardson, was responsible for payment of the mortgage interest and all other expenses associated with the life estate interest she received in Decedent J. Scott Gardner’s Prescott house (“the Property”). Richardson challenges the court’s finding that her disclaimer was barred under Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S.”) section 14-10013(B)(1). Based on Richardson’s conduct in continuing to occupy the Property to the exclusion of others, her knowledge of her liability for expenses…