Levy v. Dellinger

GLICKSTEIN, HUGH S., Senior Judge.

This is an appeal from a final judgment determining the estate to be the beneficiary of the decedent’s IRA. We reverse.

In May, 1993, the decedent, a retired pilot, then 57, applied for an IRA, naming “Susan L. Dellinger, spouse” as the primary beneficiary. Six months later, decedent and appellant were divorced, whereby appellant’s former name, Susan A. Levy, was restored to her. In July, 1998, the decedent passed away.

In the dissolution, according to the pleadings, the parties’ so-called property division was nothing more than dividing vehicles and personal…