In re Estate of Lucien Couture

The respondent, Hellen Couture, appeals an order of the 7th Circuit Court — Dover Probate Division (Cassavechia, J.), which granted the petition of the petitioner, Thomas Couture, the adult son of the decedent, Luden Couture, to impose a constructive trust, for the benefit of the decedent’s heirs, over certain life insurance proceeds paid to the respondent upon the decedent’s death. We affirm and remand.

I. Background

The parties either do not dispute, or the record establishes, the following facts. The petition for a constructive trust is grounded upon the claim that the respondent, the…