ESTATE OF BOWDEN v. ALDRIDGE

No. 90-579.

595 A.2d 396 (1991)

ESTATE OF John R. BOWDEN, Jr., Appellant, v. Nancy ALDRIDGE, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A.W. Boraks, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Pamela J. Coveney, with whom Kevin O. Faley, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before FERREN, STEADMAN and SCHWELB, Associate Judges.


STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

This action was brought by appellant Estate of John R. Bowden, Jr., to determine the lawful beneficiary of life insurance benefits and the proceeds of an Individual Retirement Account ("IRA"). The trial court granted summary judgment to appellee Nancy Aldridge, the divorced former wife of the decedent, relying on Mayberry v. Kathan, 98 U.S.App.D.C. 54, 232 F.2d 54 (1956). We affirm.

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