Add parents resolve capability to modalStateProvider Usage
Include ['ui-router-modal'] in modules. Inject modalStateProvider in config. Declare state with
modalStateProvider.state('user.edit', { url: '/edit' templateUrl: 'user/edit.html', controller: 'UserEditCtrl', controllerAs: 'vm', modalResolve: ['User'] // From parent });
User is considered to be a parent state resolved dependencies and will now be available in UserEditCtrl