ADAMS ESTATE


447 Pa. 177 (1972)

Adams Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 20, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Christian Hague, with him Meyer, Unkovic & Scott, for appellant.

James C. Larrimer, with him Dougherty, Larrimer & Lee, for appellee.

Before JONES, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, POMEROY and BARBIERI, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE POMEROY, March 20, 1972:

The question presented by this appeal is whether a wife who was named by her husband as beneficiary of the balance in a retirement fund both by name and relationship continues to be the beneficiary after divorce, her husband not having exercised his right prior to his death to change the beneficiary designation.

John H. Adams, the decedent, was an employee of Allegheny County and as such a participant in the...

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