BUTLER v. GAVEK

No. 2019-124-Appeal, (PC 18-5522).

245 A.3d 750 (2021)

Shirley BUTLER v. Kari GAVEK et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

February 25, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Robert Weisberger, Esq. , for Plaintiff.

Nicole J. Martucci, Esq. , for Defendants.

Present: Suttell, C.J., Goldberg, Flaherty, and Robinson, JJ.


OPINION

Under Rhode Island statutory law, does a petition for partition survive the death of a joint tenant? In this case, the trial justice, relying on well-established principles of common law, ruled that the plaintiff's demise terminated her interest in a joint tenancy, and she granted the defendants...

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