Legal Opinion
Ridgway v. Ridgway
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 10, 1981No. 80-1070PublishedCited by 217 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blackmun
This case presents the issue whether an insured serviceman’s beneficiary designation under a life policy issued pursuant to the Servicemen’s Group Life Insurance Act of 1965 (SGLIA), Pub. L. 89-214, 79 Stat. 880, prevails over a constructive trust imposed upon the policy proceeds by a state-court decree.
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The Facts
Richard H. Ridgway was a career sergeant in the United States Army. April D. Ridgway was his wife. Richard and April were the parents of three children, Hayley, Laurie, and Brady, all minors. The Ridgways’ marriage, however, ended with a divorce granted by a Maine court on…
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