Legal Opinion
Matagolai v. Pangelinan
District Court, Northern Mariana Islands
Decided November 18, 1988No. DCA NO. 87-9013; CTC NO. 85-409Published
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OPINION
*593I. Procedural Background
On August 30, 1935 plaintiff filed her co-plaint for declaratory and injunctive relief and damages on her own behalf and as guardian ad litem for her son, Jasper P. Matagolai. Among other things, the complaint sought a declaratory judgment that certain life insurance change of beneficiary forms executed by plaintiff's husband before his death, eliminating her interest therein, were invalid and that the two insurance policies were community property in which plaintiff had a one-half interest.
The case was tried to the bench, the Honorable Robert A. Hefner, C.J.,…
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