SCHULTZ v. SCHULTZ

No. 97-1391.

591 N.W.2d 212 (1999)

Beverley A. SCHULTZ, Individually and as Executor of the Estate of Daniel Charles SCHULTZ, Appellants, v. Paula S. SCHULTZ, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 24, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee M. Walker of Walker, Knopf & Billingsley, Newton, for appellants.

Dennis F. Chalupa and T.J. Rekemeyer of Brierly Law Office, Newton, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LAVORATO, SNELL, TERNUS, and CADY, JJ.


TERNUS, Justice.

This case involves a dispute between a decedent's widow and ex-wife over the proceeds of the decedent's retirement account. The trial court found no basis to void the decedent's designation of his former spouse as the beneficiary of this account, nor do we. Therefore, we affirm.

I. The facts of this case are undisputed. The decedent, Daniel Schultz, and the appellee, Paula Schultz, were married in 1970. In 1983, Daniel listed Paula as the...

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