Lade v. Parker

In this action, Dorothy M. Lade, as plaintiff, claims the New York State retirement benefits due her deceased husband under the terms of a separation agreement of 1941 in which the husband agreed to name her beneficiary of his interest. In 1957, without her knowledge or consent, he changed the beneficiary to the defendant, Mary Parker Lade, who was the last-named beneficiary at his death on November 5,1968. The plaintiff made application to the Comptroller for the bene*370fits, was granted an administrative hearing, but lost. The Comptroller noted that “ the benefits shall be paid to the member’s…