Legal Opinion
Fankuchen v. Fankuchen
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided May 18, 1970PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOrest V. Maresca, J.
This matter has been submitted to this court on an agreed statement of facts.
On May 29,1962 plaintiff and her husband, Irving Fankuchen, now deceased, entered into a separation agreement which was later incorporated into a New York divorce decree.
By the terms of that agreement the husband agreed to keep in force a life insurance policy which was then in effect in the sum of $10,000 and agreed to ‘ ‘ continue the wife as the primary beneficiary of said policy to the extent of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars of the proceeds thereof.”
The policy was indorsed on May 8, 1963, so as to make the…
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