Legal Opinion
Moffitt v. Moffitt
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided August 8, 2014No. 6936 S-14495PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOLGER, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
Linda Moffitt filed a lawsuit as her mother's guardian and conservator and the successor trustee of her parents' living trusts, seeking to rescind or reform a deed they executed in 1995 and a contract they signed in 1998. The superior court dismissed Linda's claims, reasoning that the statutes of limitations had run before Linda filed her lawsuit in 2005. The primary question in this appeal is whether the superior court properly applied the statutes of limitations. We conclude that Linda's mostly equitable claims are subject to the defense of laches, and…
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