Shaia v. Estate of Brown (In re Brown)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

DOUGLAS O. TICE, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.

Trial was held August 10, 1998, on the trustee’s complaint against the estate of the debtor’s deceased former husband and against the administrator of the estate of the debtor’s deceased daughter.1 The facts of the case are not in dispute. The court is called upon to interpret a provision, of the marital separation agreement entered into by debtor and her former husband, Winfree Brown.

For reasons stated, the court rules that the trustee’s assertion that debtor has a property interest in either of the decedent estates must be rejected…