William Hood vs. Patsy Hood

The parties executed a marital dissolution agreement pursuant to divorce, which required the wife to transfer her interest in a 36 acre tract of marital property to the husband, and the husband to sell the tract, with the net proceeds to be divided between the parties. The wife subsequently quitclaimed her interest in the property, and the trial court incorporated the marital dissolution agreement into the Final Decree of Divorce by reference. When the wife filed a motion to enforce the agreement, the trial court ruled that any lien on the property the wife had acquired by virtue of the agreement was extinguished when she signed the quitclaim deed. We reverse the trial court.