Duncan v. Duncan

The sole dispositive issue presented in these consolidated appeals is whether deceased serviceman Roy Duncan’s designated beneficiary under a Servicemen’s Group Life Insurance (SGLI) policy shall prevail over his former wife Margaret Duncan’s claim that the beneficiary was redesignated upon Roy Duncan’s remarriage contrary to a dissolution decree entered by the state court. Be*1355low, the insurance proceeds were awarded to Roy Duncan’s designated beneficiary, his present wife Carmen Duncan. We must affirm on the authority of Ridgway v. Ridgway, 454 U.S. 46, 102 S.Ct. 49, 70 L.Ed.2d 39 (1981)…