Legal Opinion
Silber v. Silber
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 18, 2003PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Ciparick, J.
In the 1960s, Dr. Robert Silber enrolled in two annuity pension plans with the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA) and the College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF). At the time of his enrollment, Silber designated his then-wife, defendant Barbara A. Silber, primary beneficiary of the TIAA-CREF plans, and his children contingent beneficiaries. Both plan contracts required that changes to beneficiary designations be made by filing written notice'with TIAA-CREF, at their home office, in a form satisfactory to the plan administrator. Over the ensuing…
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