Court Opinion

ID: 6197647
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-02-05 20:25:44.175078+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:56:14.612323
License: Public Domain

Memorandum. Order affirmed without costs.
Plaintiff, who was the wife of the decedent at the time the union mortuary fund certificate was issued to him, is, as the named beneficiary, entitled to the proceeds thereof (General Obligations Law, § 5-701, subd 1; Coler v Coler, 271 App Div 877, affd 297 NY 488; Stanford v Union Labor Life Ins. Co., 74 Misc 2d 781; Matter of Keeler, 186 Misc 20).
Concur: Schwartzwald, P. J., Rinaldi and Buschmann JJ.