METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO. v. MELIN

No. 16-1172.

899 F.3d 953 (2018)

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff v. Kaye MELIN, Defendant-Appellant Ashley Sveen; Antone Sveen, Defendants-Appellees

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 15, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Lange , LANGE LAW FIRM, Bloomington, MN, Scott A. Wilson , SCOTT WILSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendant-Appellant Kaye Melin.

Daniel P. Doda , DODA & McGEENEY, Rochester, MN, for Defendants-Appellees Ashley Sveen, Antone Sveen.

Before BENTON and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges, and EBINGER, District Judge.


This case is on remand from the Supreme Court of the United States. Sveen v. Melin, ___ U.S. ___, 138 S.Ct. 1815, 201 L.Ed.2d 180 (2018). In 1998, Mark A. Sveen designated his then-wife, Kaye L. Melin, as the primary beneficiary of his life insurance policy, and his children as contingent beneficiaries...

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