MATTER OF PROSPECT v. NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM


13 A.D.3d 699 (2004)

785 N.Y.S.2d 774

In the Matter of ESTATE OF CAROLINE E. PROSPECT, Appellant, v. NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

December 2, 2004.


Peters, J.

In 1969, when decedent became a teacher and member of respondent New York State Teachers' Retirement System, she designated her fianc§fe, Walter W. Prospect, Jr., as her beneficiary. They married that year and divorced in 1975. Decedent continued such designation, despite the divorce and yearly notices from the Retirement System urging its participants to keep their designation of beneficiary current.

On May 23, 2002, decedent filed her application...

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