King George County Circuit Court August 16, 2001, Case No. (Law) 99-105 (Jordan v. Little Ark Baptist Church)

BY JUDGE JAMES W. HALEY, JR.

In this declaratory judgment action, the issue for resolution is whether the terms of a contract for use of burial space located in a church-owned cemetery may be modified by subsequent action by that church.

The facts are stipulated and may be succinctly stated.

On April 17, 1988, Little Ark Baptist Church (“Church”) for $40 transferred to Celestine M.