Legal Opinion
Doyle v. Sullivan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 31, 1991No. Appeal No. 1PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Davis, J.
The issue presented by this appeal is whether the death benefits payable under annuity contracts (annuities) should be paid to the contingent beneficiaries or to the annuitant’s estate when the primary beneficiary survives the annuitant (decedent) but is otherwise disqualified from receiving those death benefits. Entitlement to those death benefits is variously claimed by decedent’s former wife, Janice Sullivan, who was designated the primary beneficiary of the annuities, by the six children of the decedent and Sullivan who were designated the contingent…
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