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JOAN M. SULLIVAN v. REBECCA ANN WYATT
//February 13, 2023
Estates and trusts — Undue influence – Judgment creditor
Everett Wyatt died intestate at the age of 73 in 2018. He is survived by his second wife, Joan M. Sullivan, appellant, and his daughter, Rebecca Ann Wyatt, appellee. In the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, Rebecca filed suit against Joan alleging, inter alia, that Joan, acting as Everett’s attorney-in-fact, exerted undue influence on Everett when various assets of his were transferred to Joan during the last years of his life. At the end of a multi-day trial, the jury returned a verdict awarding damages to Rebecca after finding that certain transfers were the product of Joan’s undue influence.
