AETNA LIFE INSURANCE v. WADSWORTH

No. 50317-6.

102 Wn.2d 652 (1984)

689 P.2d 46

AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. SHARON ANN WADSWORTH, Petitioner, JOAN CAROL WADSWORTH, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

October 4, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Carlson, for petitioner.

Kurt Lichtenberg and Keller, Rohrback, Waldo, Hiscock, Butterworth & Fardal, for respondent.

Harry M. Cross on behalf of the University of Washington Law School, amicus curiae.


DORE, J.

This interpleader action involves a dispute between decedent Lawrence Wadsworth's first wife and his wife at the time of his death over the proceeds of a group term life insurance policy. The dissolution decree between the decedent and his first wife purported to transfer all of her interests in all life insurance policies on the decedent's life to him. The first wife, however, remained the named beneficiary of the term insurance at the time of his death...

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