Charlene Davis v. The Prudential Insurance Company of America

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• holding that an injunction does not void automatically a prohibited transfer, but that the surviving spouse nevertheless was entitled to recovery under a theory of constructive fraud
• holding that an injunction does not void automatically a prohibited transfer, but that the surviving spouse nevertheless was entitled to recovery under a theory of constructive fraud
• recognizing widow's 50% community property interest in insurance proceeds
• applying Texas law to determine whether a change of beneficiary from the decedent’s wife to his mother constituted a transfer of community property in constituting fraud
• “[[Injunctions may be enforced by contempt proceedings, damage actions, or actions to enforce a penalty included within the injunctive order, but they do not, under the circumstances here, operate to void the transfer they prohibit in a suit by the protected party against the transferee.”

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