In re the Estate of London

John D. Bennett, S.

In these discovery proceedings the respondent moves to dismiss the proceedings on the ground that the court lacks jurisdiction over the subject matter.

*352The respondent was married to the decedent and they were divorced in 1971. Prior to the divorce the decedent designated her husband as the beneficiary of an insurance policy with her two children as alternate beneficiaries. The application for the insurance was made on March 27, 1967. Some time in 1972 the decedent wrote to the insurance carrier asking for change-of-beneficiary forms which the carrier forwarded to her on…