Sopko v. Slackman

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

PRESSLER, P.J.A.D.

(temporarily assigned).

This palimony case brought by plaintiff Mary Sopko against defendant the Estate of Arthur Roeeamonte is before us by reason of a dissent in the Appellate Division. R. 2:2-l(a)(2). The majority concluded as a matter of fact that a fair reading of the record in the trial court compelled the finding that decedent Roeeamonte had made an enforceable oral promise of support for life to plaintiff Mary Sopko, his cohabitant for twenty-five years and with whom he had lived as husband and wife during that entire period…