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Wood v. Martin

UPHELD status graphic: Wood v. Martin. 190738 Wood v. Martin 10/22/2020 In a contest over rights to a share of $1.5 million in life insurance proceeds interpleaded into court by an insurer, the circuit court did not err in awarding the decedent's ex-wife the share of policy proceeds agreed upon in a property settlement agreement that had been reached between the divorcing spouses, and that had been ratified, affirmed, and incorporated into the divorce decree several years before decedent's death. The ex-wife had a superior equitable…
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