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MATTER OF ESTATE OF BLACK

No. 88-1867.

451 N.W.2d 196 (1989)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Donald L. BLACK. Nancy Black KRUSE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Janet S. BLACK, Executrix of the Estate of Donald Black, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

November 27, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Hutchinson and September Wethington-Smith of Brown, Winick, Graves, Donnelly, Baskerville & Schoenbaum, Des Moines, and Eloise Lorch Rippie, Ames, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Lyle A. Rodenburg, Council Bluffs, for defendant-appellee.

Heard by SCHLEGEL, P.J., and SACKETT and HABHAB, JJ.

SACKETT, Judge.

The sole issue is whether the trial court was correct in disallowing a claim in the estate of decedent Donald L. Black. Appellant Nancy Black Kruse, a former wife of decedent, claimed decedent had an obligation to provide life insurance policies for her benefit and the benefit of their children. Nancy based her claim on a paragraph of Donald's and her dissolution decree that provided as follows:

LIFE INSURANCE. Each of the parties shall maintain...

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