Harris v. Byard

ZEHMER, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order entitled “Final Judgment” entered in the administration of the estate of Walter Byard, deceased. Byard’s designated beneficiary of his group life insurance predeceased him, and no contingent beneficiary was named. The order determined that two of Byard’s children, Belden Byard and Benita Byard, should be treated as sole beneficiaries of the life insurance policy, to the exclusion of the claims of Byard’s estate and his remaining children who are beneficiaries of the estate. We conclude that the court misapplied the cited rule of law, and reverse.

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