Ault v. Pakulski

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

This appeal presents a single and narrow question of contract law. We must decide whether a 1974 agreement made by defendant John Pakulski and plaintiff Ruth Ault, then husband and wife, “to establish a trust for the education of the children” within one year after their divorce is definite and complete enough for a court to enforce against either as a legal obligation. Answering the question in the negative, we set aside the Superior Court’s order that Pakulski reimburse Ault for $14,700 that she paid toward the children’s education over the intervening nine years.

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