Enlow v. Fire Protection Systems, Inc.

STEPHAN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment in a court-tried case. Respondent, Debra Graves Enlow, brought this action to recover benefits as the surviving spouse of Michael Enlow. Appellant, Anna Marie En-low, was Michael’s mother. She and Michael’s employer, Fire Protection Systems, Inc., argued that Anna Marie Enlow was the designated beneficiary under the Fire Protection Systems, Inc. Employees Retirement Plan (the “Plan”). They further argued that respondent was not legally married to the deceased, or, in the alternative, they had not been married for the one year period required by…