CASTRO v. BALLESTEROS-SUAREZ

No. 1 CA-CV 08-0367.

213 P.3d 197 (2009)

Cruz Antonia Suarez CASTRO, Personal Representative of the Estate of Dora Ema Castro Solis, Deceased, Defendant/Appellee, v. Luz BALLESTEROS-SUAREZ, a single woman, Defendant/Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department C.

June 18, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dominguez Law Firm PC by Antonio Dominguez, Phoenix, Attorneys for Defendant/Appellee.

Cantor & Simon, PLC by Stanley David Murray, Eve Parks, Tempe, Attorneys for Defendant/Appellant.


OPINION

PORTLEY, Judge.

¶ 1 We are asked to determine whether the slayer statute, Arizona Revised Statutes ("A.R.S.") section 14-2803 (2005), can preclude the decedent's widow from collecting all or part of the proceeds from two life insurance policies. Because the slayer statute prohibits a person who is found to have feloniously and intentionally killed another from profiting by that act, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

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