Chatman v. Currie

SHIVERS, Judge.

This appeal is from a final judgment awarding the proceeds of a life insurance policy jointly to the estates of the decedent’s wife and stepchildren. We reverse.

Charles Chatman, Sr., was married to Sheila Currie Chatman. Chatman’s wife had two children from a previous marriage, Michael Christopher Hurst and Bridgett Hurst, ages 14 and 11. Chatman had a son from a previous marriage, the appellant Charles David Chatman, Jr. Chatman lived with his wife and stepchildren; his son, the appellant, lived elsewhere.

Chatman and his wife both worked for the Department of Corrections.…