Richardson v. Richardson

Plaintiff appeals from a trial court decree denying her suit for specific performance of an alleged oral contract to make a will. We review de novo and affirm.

Plaintiff and decedent were married in 1974 and divorced in 1978. Plaintiff testified that, after the divorce, decedent requested that she continue to perform certain services for him that she had performed during their marriage. In return, plaintiff was to receive decedent’s real and personal property upon his death. Plaintiff contends that, relying on the agreement, she performed the requested services until decedent’s death.

The only…