CHAPMAN v. CHAPMAN

No. 57233.

692 P.2d 1369 (1984)

Annie Lee CHAPMAN, now Cole, Appellant, v. Sarah Nan CHAPMAN, Executrix of the Estate of Sam A. Chapman, a/k/a Sam Allen Chapman, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

December 18, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Agee, George E. Meisel, Garvin, Agee & Meisel, Pauls Valley, for appellant.

Russell G. Jones, Lawton, for appellee.


OPALA, Justice.

The issue presented on certiorari is whether any one of the plaintiff's [wife's] three claims against the former husband's estate can withstand a challenge by demurrer to her amended petition. We answer in the affirmative and hold that the pleading in question states a claim only insofar as it seeks enforcement of that provision in the divorce decree which requires the decedent to maintain in force for her...

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