In Re Estate of Comiskey

In this probate action, the trial court, after construing a life insurance policy provision in decedent’s divorce decree, awarded the minor claimant one-half of decedent’s insurance proceeds. Both the executor of the estate and the minor appeal. The executor raises two issues: (1) whether the trial court erred in construing the terms of the property settlement agreement and awarding one-half of the life insurance proceeds to claimant; and (2) whether the trial court erred in holding that laches and equitable estoppel were inapplicable to the claim of the minor. In her cross-appeal, the minor…