Legal Opinion

Pezza v. Pezza

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided February 26, 1997No. 94-244-AppealPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BOURCIER, Justice.

This ease comes before us on appeal from a final judgment of the Superior Court. The plaintiff below, Olga Pezza (Olga), had filed a petition seeking a declaration of her rights in four parcels of real estate that her deceased husband, Anthony Pezza (Anthony), had transferred prior to his death into an irrevocable trust for the benefit of his children by a former marriage. The trial justice found that the trust created by Anthony was valid, constituted a completed and absolute inter vivos transfer by the time he died, and would not be declared invalid for the purpose…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Newman v. DoreNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
  2. Johnson v. La Grange State BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1978
  3. Toman v. SvobodaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
  4. Sherrill v. MallicoteCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1967
  5. Staples v. KingSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Barrett v. BarrettSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2006
  2. In Re Estate of GervaisSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2001
  3. Barrett v. BarrettSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2006
  4. Barrett v. BarrettSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2006

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