Schultz v. Schultz

TERNUS, Justice.

This case involves a dispute between a decedent’s widow and ex-wife over the proceeds of the decedent’s retirement account. The trial court found no basis to void the decedent’s designation of his former spouse as the beneficiary of this account, nor do we. Therefore, we affirm.

I. The facts of this case are undisputed. The decedent, Daniel Schultz, and the appel-lee, Paula Schultz, were married in 1970. In 1983, Daniel listed Paula as the beneficiary on his individual retirement account (IRA). Subsequently, in 1988, the couple’s marriage was dissolved. In the dissolution…