AULT v. PAKULSKI


520 A.2d 703 (1987)

Ruth AULT, formerly Ruth Pakulski v. John PAKULSKI.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided January 27, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lipman & Parks, William R. Stokes (orally), Robert J. Stolt, Augusta, for plaintiff.

Verrill & Dana, Charles Cragin, Richard N. Bryant (orally), Portland, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and CLIFFORD, JJ.


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

This appeal presents a single and narrow question of contract law. We must decide whether a 1974 agreement made by defendant John Pakulski and plaintiff Ruth Ault, then husband and wife, "to establish a trust for the education of the children" within one year after their divorce is definite and complete enough for a court to enforce against either as a legal obligation. Answering the question in the negative, we set aside the Superior Court...

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