Patricia Demarest v. Estate of Ronald Joseph Kroll

Alleged creditor filed a claim against the decedent’s estate seeking $524,160 for personal
services she claims to have provided to the decedent during the last ten months of his life.
She claims the decedent agreed that she would reside in his home and provide the decedent with around the clock care. Upon motion for summary judgment filed by the administrator of the estate, the probate court denied the claim, finding there was no contract or quasi-contract between the alleged creditor and the decedent because the decedent was mentally incapable of entering into a contract, and that the family service rule barred the alleged creditor from recovering because the alleged creditor and the decedent were engaged to be married at the time of the decedent’s death. We affirm.