WELLINGTON v. ESTATE OF WELLINGTON


820 A.2d 669 (2003)

359 N.J. Super. 484

Elizabeth P. WELLINGTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ESTATE of Thomas D. WELLINGTON, Deceased, Margaret W. Constantine, Margaret W. Wellington, and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York (now known as JP Morgan Chase Bank), Executors, Defendants-Respondents.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided April 22, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Borteck, Morristown, argued the cause for appellant (Edwards & Angell, attorneys; Mr. Borteck and Richard D. Sanders, on the brief).

Gerard G. Brew, Newark, argued the cause for respondents (McCarter & English, attorneys; Myrna L. Wigod, of counsel and on the brief; Alison Coriaty O'Sullivan, also on the brief).

Before Judges PETRELLA, LINTNER and BILDER.


The opinion of the court was delivered by PETRELLA, P.J.A.D.

Plaintiff Elizabeth P. Wellington sued the executors of the estate of her former husband, claiming that under the terms of the property settlement agreement that she and her former husband entered under New York law, the estate was obligated to continue paying her support until her death. The judge granted summary judgment to defendants, finding that the property settlement agreement encompassed all of plaintiff...

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