Hook v. Hook

OPINION

WALTERS, Justice.

Phyllis Hook, second wife and widow of Bruce Hook, appeals the trial court’s determination that she received the proceeds from a Government Life Insurance policy (GLI), upon her husband’s death, in constructive trust for the benefit of Pat Hook, Bruce’s first wife. Phyllis contends that the trial court had no jurisdiction to decide the matter and that the decision was otherwise wrong on the merits. The case presents discrete issues of first impression in this jurisdiction.

Following a trial on Pat Hook’s complaint for restitution, in which she alleged that she had been…