Legal Opinion
Wear v. Mizell
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided October 31, 1997No. 77,443PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Six, J.:
The proceeds of two life insurance policies are at issue here. A wife changed the beneficiary from her husband to her parents after filing for divorce. The wife died of injuries received in a vehicle accident while the divorce action was pending. No restraining order had been filed in the divorce action. After a bench trial on the validity of the beneficiary change, the district court ruled for the parents. The plaintiff husband, William B. Wear, appeals.
Our jurisdiction is under K.S.A. 20-3018(c) (transfer on this court’s motion).
We affirm the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Gillespie v. SeymourSupreme Court of Kansas · 1991
- Cady v. CadySupreme Court of Kansas · 1978
- Hollaway v. SelvidgeSupreme Court of Kansas · 1976
- Margery Fisher Candler and William Wallace Candler v. Louise C. Donaldson and the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1959
- Travelers Insurance Company v. Ruth Daniels and Hattie Hunter, and Kaye E. Daniels and Kendall Lynniece DanielsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by3 opinions
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