Doyle v. Sullivan

OPINION OF THE COURT

David O. Boehm, J.

This case involves the right of contingent beneficiaries to *912annuity death benefits where the primary beneficiary waived her right to the proceeds in a matrimonial property settlement agreement with the insured.

The decedent, Harold A. DePuy, married defendant, Janice Sullivan, in 1951 and they had six children, Mark, Drew, Neil, Mary, Judith and John. He taught at St. John Fisher College and, thereafter, at Rochester Institute of Technology, and was a participant in the Teacher’s Insurance and Annuity Association and College Retirement Equities Fund…