Riva Tims has dropped her lawsuit against New Destiny Christian Center, less an a week after contending that she was the rightful heir to the Apopka megachurch she co-founded with her husband Zachery Tims in 1996.

Tims posted a message on her Facebook page conceding that her 30-page divorce agreement with Zachery in 2008 contained a stipulation that she would not sue the church.

In her lawsuit filed last Thursday, Tims argued that the church bylaws made her the legal successor to Tims, who died in August at age 42. The cause of death has not been released.

After Riva Tims left New Destiny, she founded her own church, Majestic Life Ministries in Lockhart.

Source: Orlando Sentinel | Jeff Kunerth

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