GROVE v. FRAME

[No. 117, September Term, 1978.]

285 Md. 691 (1979)

402 A.2d 892

MATILDA F. GROVE v. VERNON G. FRAME, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF HERBERT R. GROVE ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided August 21, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas N. Clifford for appellant.

K. King Burnett, with whom were Webb, Burnett & Duvall on the brief, for appellees Irvin and Beatrice Catlin; Archie C. Hall and Dietz, Ebersberger, Duvall & Hall, Chartered, on the brief for appellee Vernon G. Frame, Personal Representative.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, ORTH, COLE and DAVIDSON, JJ.


COLE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case we are asked to decide whether a husband's absolute and unconditional transfer of his residence to a third party for nominal consideration and with the avowed purpose of forcing his wife to leave the property, can be set aside by his wife after his death as either a fraud on her right to alimony and support or on her right to share in his estate.

The appellant, Matilda F. Grove, married her now deceased...

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