Legal Opinion
Spates v. Spates
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided December 15, 1972No. [No. 43, September Term, 1972.]PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSingley, J.
The appellant, Robert L. Spates (Robert), failing in his effort in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County to assert his rights as third-party beneficiary of a separation agreement entered into between his father, Alfred W. Spates (Alfred) and his mother, Helen A. Spates, later Helen A. Ferris (Helen), has taken this appeal.
The facts are essentially these. Alfred and Helen were married in 1929. Two children were born of the marriage, a daughter, Jane, not a party to this cause, and Robert, who was born on 23 March 1932. The marriage deteriorated, and on 10 June 1949, when Jane was 19 and…
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