BEASLEY, Judge.
The question for decision in this case is whether the proceeds of a workers' compensation settlement agreement, payable after the employee's death to designated beneficiaries other than the employee's spouse, constitute an asset of his estate which could be awarded to his spouse in a year's support proceeding.
In July 1985, Joseph Edward King, Jr., sustained an on-the-job injury. He claimed that this injury resulted in his total and permanent...
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