Elizabeth Yurevich, pro se, filed this action against her former daughter-in-law, Sandra Williams, seeking money allegedly owed on a promissory note memorializing a loan Yurevich made to her son, William, and Sandra for the down payment on a house. Yurevich appeals from the grant of summary judgment to Sandra, contending that the trial court erred in concluding that Yurevich was not entitled to payment as a matter of law. For the reasons that follow, we affirm. Summary judgment is proper when there is no genuine issue of material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. OCGA § 9-11-56 c. A de novo standard of review applies to an appeal from a grant of summary judgment, and we view the evidence, and all reasonable conclusions and inferences drawn from it, in the light most favorable to the nonmovant.1 So viewed, the record shows that in October 1998, Sandra and her ex-husband Yurevich’s son executed a note promising to pay Yurevich $30,088.49, reflecting the down payment made by Yurevich toward a new home for her son and Sandra. The note contained no interest rate, and it provided that “no payments of principal are required to be paid until any of the parties of this agreement sell or transfer title in any manner their ownership interests in” the marital home. On the same day the note was executed, Sandra and William closed on the purchase of the marital home. It is undisputed that, after closing, Yurevich held a one-half interest in the property, and Sandra and William shared ownership of the other half interest. In July 2006, as her marriage faltered, Sandra executed a quitclaim deed, which was recorded, transferring her share of the title in the marital home to William and Yurevich. In September 2007, a final judgment and decree of divorce was entered , and in November 2007, the final decree was amended, resulting in the following distribution from the interests in the marital home: from the fair market value of the home found by the trial court to be $182,500, the trial court subtracted the amount of the outstanding mortgage $102,982.39 and the amount of the down payment made by Yurevich $30,088.49, leaving $49,429.12 as the remaining equity. The trial court awarded one quarter of the equity each to Sandra and William, with the remaining half reserved for Yurevich. Based on this formula, the trial court ordered William to pay Sandra her share of the equity, $12,357.28 one quarter of $49,429.12.
Yurevich filed suit against Sandra claiming that Sandra owed her payment under the promissory note and that Sandra owed her payment for a $4,100 lien placed on the property by Sandra’s former attorney. Sandra successfully moved for summary judgment, and Yurevich now appeals.
