In re the Estate of Azie

OPINION OF THE COURT

C. Raymond Radigan, J.

In these separate petitions, the guardian of the property of two infants seeks permission to renounce a portion of life insurance proceeds to which the infants are entitled as a result of their father’s death.

The decedent, Scott D. Azie, died intestate survived by his wife, Stephanie, and their two children, Lauren, age 11, and Rebecca, age 8. Stephanie is the children’s guardian and the petitioner in these two proceedings. The bulk of the decedent’s estate is comprised of two life insurance policies, one payable to Stephanie in the sum of $250,000…