MATTER OF ESTATE OF LEIER

Civ. No. 940073.

524 N.W.2d 106 (1994)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Lee C. LEIER, a/k/a Leo "Lee" Leier, Deceased. Karen LEIER, Appellant, v. Eldore LEIER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

November 16, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen B. Cunningham (argued), Cunningham Law Firm, Minot, for appellant.

Ella Van Berkom (argued), Ella Van Berkom Law Firm, Minot, for appellee.


MESCHKE, Justice.

Karen Leier, Lee Leier's widow, appealed from a probate court judgment awarding the balance of the decedent's individual retirement account (IRA) to Eldore Leier, Lee's former wife. Because Lee's daughters were designated contingent beneficiaries of the IRA, and their interests in the IRA were represented by Eldore, we affirm.

When Lee opened an IRA at the First National Bank of Minot in 1976, he designated his wife, Eldore, as primary beneficiary...

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