Legal Opinion
PaineWebber Inc. v. East
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided March 14, 2001No. 44, Sept. Term, 2000PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLawrence F. Rodowsky, Judge
(Retired, Specially Assigned).
This interpleader action involves the interpretation of a separation agreement. The issue is whether, by the separation agreement, the former wife waived her right as the named beneficiary to the proceeds of an individual retirement account (IRA) maintained by her ex-husband, now deceased.
The respondent, Carol S. East (Carol), and her former husband, Dewey F. East, Jr. (Dewey), were married in 1985. In April 1986, Dewey opened an IRA account (the East IRA) ■with PaineWebber, Inc. (PaineWebber), by completing and executing a form entitled “Adoption Agreement and…
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