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LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF NORTH AMERICA v. CASSIDY

Docket No. L.A. 31711.

35 Cal.3d 599 (1984)

676 P.2d 1050

200 Cal. Rptr. 28

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. SHIRLEY JONES CASSIDY, Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant; JERRY BOCK, as Executor, etc., Defendant, Cross-complainant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

March 19, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Donald J. Raich and Jerome D. Fireman for Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant.

Karno, Schwartz, Cobert & Schenkel and Stewart J. Schwartz for Defendant, Cross-complainant and Respondent.

OPINION

REYNOSO, J.

Appellant, Shirley Jones Cassidy, seeks a determination that she, rather than the executor of the estate of Jack Cassidy, is exclusively entitled to the proceeds of a policy insuring the life of her former husband. The issue is whether the written designation of Ms. Cassidy as beneficiary is effective in light of a subsequently entered property settlement agreement between appellant and the deceased.

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