Wells v. Wells

This is a petition for writ of certiorari filed by Carol Paris Wells in which she seeks to have an order of the trial court quashed. We grant the petition and quash the order of the trial court directing Carol Wells to change a provision in her will.

Carol Wells and her ex-husband are involved in litigation concerning an office building. Carol Wells filed a motion for partial summary judgment which was denied by the trial court. At the end of the hearing, the ex-husband, Dwight M. Wells, orally requested that Carol Wells be required to change the provision in her will that pertains to the…