Roe v. Austin

STARING, Presiding Judge:

¶ 1 Valer Clark (formerly Valer Austin), on behalf of herself and the entities she owns and controls, appeals from the judgment entered after a jury trial, in which the trial court awarded Dan and Myriam Roe a life estate in a house and surrounding property and concluded that the divorce settlement agreement ("Settlement") entered between Valer and Josiah Austin did not require Josiah to defend and indemnify Valer against the Roes' life estate claim. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the judgment awarding a life estate to the Roes, as well as the judgment that…