Yoder ex rel. Larsen v. Horton

DIXON, Presiding Judge.

The ex-wife appeals the order of the circuit court sustaining a motion by the personal representative of the deceased ex-husband to enforce a property settlement by requiring the ex-wife to release her interest as the designated beneficiary in an annuity contract of the husband. The record on appeal demonstrates the trial court was without jurisdiction, the purported order and judgment are void. The appeal is dismissed.

The parties were married in 1971. It was the second marriage for both. In 1972 the husband executed a designation of beneficiary with the Central States…