PAINEWEBBER v. EAST

No. 44, Sept. Term, 2000.

768 A.2d 1029 (2001)

363 Md. 408

PAINEWEBBER INCORPORATED et al. v. Carol S. EAST.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

March 14, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cary J. Hansel (Barbara J. Gorinson of Joseph Greenwald & Laake, P.A., on brief), Greenbelt, for petitioners.

Benjamin Rosenberg (Lynn E. Ricciardella of Rosenberg, Proutt, Funk & Greenberg, LLP, on brief), Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., ELDRIDGE, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, and LAWRENCE F. RODOWSKY (retired, specially assigned), JJ.


LAWRENCE F. RODOWSKY, Judge (Retired, Specially Assigned).

This interpleader action involves the interpretation of a separation agreement. The issue is whether, by the separation agreement, the former wife waived her right as the named beneficiary to the proceeds of an individual retirement account (IRA) maintained by her ex-husband, now deceased.

The respondent, Carol S. East (Carol), and her former husband, Dewey F. East, Jr. (Dewey), were married in 1985...

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