Fulkroad v. Ofak

MONTEMURO, Judge:

The sole question for our review on this appeal is whether an adjudicated incompetent may execute a valid beneficiary designation for group life insurance benefits. Appellants, Ida M. Fulkroad and Carl F. Bonawitz, administrators of the estate of Warren D. Bonawitz; deceased, contend that the lower court erred in failing to void the designation under 20 Pa.C.S.A. § 5524, notwithstanding the court’s de facto determination that the deceased was competent at the time he named the beneficiary.

The deceased, Warren D. Bonawitz, was adjudicated incompetent 1 on August 11, 1954. He…