Brees v. Cramer

RODOWSKY, Judge.

This case involves whether certain covenants in a separation agreement are interdependent. The circuit court held that the wife would not be excused from her waiver of any interest in, and of the right to administer, the deceased husband’s estate, even if the husband had breached his covenant to continue the wife as beneficiary on a certain insurance policy. As explained below, we shall affirm.

Appellant, Joy R. Brees (Joy), and Earl Roland Brees (Earl) were married in 1967. Earl had three children by a prior marriage, including the appellee, Linda Cramer (Cram-er). One child,…