Legal Opinion
In Re Marriage of Bratton
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 13, 1994No. D018818PublishedCited by 10 opinions
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DiFIGLIA, J. *
The issue presented in this appeal is: may a former spouse be ordered to divest herself of her interest in a policy insuring her former husband’s life because he objects to her continued retention of the policy? We hold that she cannot.
Appellant Karen Mick Bratton appeals an order in favor of respondent Ronald E. Bratton, entered in their marriage dissolution proceeding, directing her to terminate a whole life insurance policy in the face amount of $100,000 which Karen owns on the life of Ronald. 1 Karen contends the court erred in that (1) Ronald lacked standing to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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