Flannery v. Flannery

This case raises the question whether a former wife’s action for contracted-for alimony, commenced five years after the death of her former husband, is governed by the one-year limitation period in G. L. c. 197, § 9 {a), or by G. L. c. 197, § 13, which provides a limitation period that expires when the decedent’s estate has been fully administered. We conclude that the plaintiff’s claim for alimony due during the year following the decedent’s death is time-barred by G. L. c. 197, § 9 (a), but that G. L. c. 197, § 13, does not preclude the plaintiff from asserting her claim for alimony…