Legal Opinion
Estate of Bowden v. Aldridge
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 13, 1991No. 90-579PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
This action was brought by appellant Estate of John R. Bowden, Jr., to determine the lawful beneficiary of life insurance benefits and the proceeds of an Individual Retirement Account (“IRA”). The trial court granted summary judgment to appellee Nancy Aldridge, the divorced former wife of the decedent, relying on Mayberry v. Kathan, 98 U.S.App.D.C. 54, 232 F.2d 54 (1956). We affirm.
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Decedent John Bowden and appellee Nancy Aldridge were married in July of 1979. In 1983, Bowden purchased a group health insurance policy which contained life insurance coverage of…
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