SORENSEN v. NELSON

No. 83-319.

342 N.W.2d 477 (1984)

Wilda J. SORENSEN, Appellee, v. Beverly Jean (Sorensen) NELSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 18, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce A. Green, Primghar, and Patrick M. Carr, Spencer, for appellant.

Charles King of Haupert, Robertson & King, Marshalltown, for appellee.

Considered en banc.


LARSON, Justice.

A very narrow issue is presented on this appeal: does a dissolution decree, which incorporates the stipulation for division of the parties property interests, terminate a former spouse's interest as a named life insurance beneficiary when neither the policy nor the interest of the former spouse in the policy is expressly mentioned in either the decree or the underlying stipulation? The district court held that the interest of the former spouse was...

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