Alkhafaji v. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services LLC

HODGE, J,

This matter was commenced by the petitioner’s filing of a petition to enjoin distribution of pensions on January 24, 2008.

The petitioner, Fatin Alkhafaji, is the third wife of the decedent, Abbass Alkhafaji. Decedent was in a car accident in March of2007 while visiting in Qatar. Decedent was transported back to the United States to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital and later transferred to Johns Hopkins Hospital. Decedent never left the hospital and his condition slowly deteriorated until his death in September 2007. Feeling his death was imminent, decedent dictated a will in July of 2007.

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