Foster v. Foster

Weltner, Justice.

1. The trial court found that a settlement agreement was enforceable, and incorporated it into the final divorce decree. The former wife later filed a complaint against the former husband relative to this agreement, alleging fraud. 1 The trial court denied the father’s motion for summary judgment and we granted his discretionary application to consider:

Decided February 21, 1991. Amanda F. Williams, Martha F. Dekle, Edward R. Zacker, for appellant. John T. McKnight, Jr., for appellee.

Whether a former spouse may sue the other former spouse in tort for fraud on alleged…