Carpenter v. Carpenter

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• former wife of insured was not limited to a claim against insured’s estate but rather was entitled to recover directly from insured’s second wife, at the time of insured’s death, the proceeds of a group life policy

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In Re Larry's Apartment
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-04-26· cited 89×
• Aetna Life Insurance v. Bunt
  Washington Supreme Court· 1988-07-28· cited 44×
• Tupper v. Roan
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2010-11-12· cited 28×
• Rollins v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-12-19· cited 21×
• Carpenter v. Carpenter
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1986-06-02· cited 16×
• Martian v. Martian
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1987-01-20· cited 13×
• Galam v. Carmel
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-04-26· cited 6×
• Rollins v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-12-19· cited 2×
• In Re the Estate of Kirkes
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2012-03-08· cited 1×
• In Re the Estate of Fred N. Kirkes
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2012-03-08