HENLEY v. HENLEY

No. 23195-6-II.

974 P.2d 362 (1999)

Fusako HENLEY, Respondent, v. Earl HENLEY, as the personal representative of the Estate of Edwin Raymond Henley; and Rosemarie Henley, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

As Amended April 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald A. Kearney, Kingston, for Respondent.

Alan E. Millet, Millet & Mauhar, Sequim, for Appellants.

Rosemarie Henley, Duarte, pro se Appellant.


HUNT, J.

Earl Henley and Rosemarie Henley appeal the trial court's dismissal of their claim of entitlement to their father's (Edwin Henley) life insurance proceeds, for which their father's third wife, Fusako Henley, was the named beneficiary. Holding that RCW 11.07.010's extinguishment of beneficiary status upon divorce is applicable only to dissolutions entered by superior courts of the State of Washington, we affirm.

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Edwin Henley had two...

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