Legal Opinion
Womack v. Womack
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided October 20, 1993No. 47S01-9310-CV-1137PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION TO TRANSFER
KRAHULIK, Justice.
Boyce Brown Womack (Petitioner-Appellant below) (“Husband”) seeks transfer after the Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s decision awarding property to Anna Womack (Respondent-Appellee below) (“Wife”). Womack v. Womack (1992), Ind. App., 605 N.E.2d 221. The dispositive issue is whether Indiana continues to recognize the common law presumption of undue influence in transactions between spouses. We hold that the Court of Appeals correctly answered this question — it does not.
The facts relative to this appeal follow. Husband, age 85 at trial, and…
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