Joseph v. Estate of Joseph

These consolidated appeals arise out of competing claims by a former wife and the estate of her former husband, as longtime cotenants of the former marital home. We affirm the probate court’s determinations regarding a fair rental amount payable by the former wife to the estate, but we also conclude that the obligation to pay rent is intertwined with the former wife’s claims for fourteen years’ worth of expenses paid by her (the period commencing with the dissolution of marriage and concluding in 2010 upon the death of the former husband) while in exclusive occupancy of the residence. We…