Wood v. Martin

PRESENT: All the Justices CHERYL H. WOOD, ET AL. OPINION BY v. Record No. 190738 JUSTICE D. ARTHUR KELSEY OCTOBER 22, 2020 TRACEY L. MARTIN FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF FAIRFAX COUNTY Richard E. Gardiner, Judge During a divorce proceeding in 2010, John Wood agreed to maintain a preexisting life insurance policy for the partial benefit of his soon-to-be ex-wife, Tracey L. Martin. The circuit court ratified the agreement and incorporated it into the final divorce decree. Six years after the final divorce decree, in defiance of that court order, Wood removed Martin as a beneficiary and designated…