Matter of Marriage of Leland

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that neither Chase nor Pearson address the distinction between a disability policy and a life insurance policy
• approving of Brown and holding that mere expectancies are not divisible property
• a contingent future interest in property is greater than a mere expectancy, which is not to be deemed an interest of any kind
• a contingent future interest in property is greater than a mere expectancy, which is not to be deemed an interest of any kind
• “ ‘The law has long recognized that a contingent future interest is property no matter how improbable the contingency.’ ”
• a beneficiary under a privately purchased disability insurance policy has a vested right to benefits where his contractual right to receive disability payments is contingent only upon remaining disabled

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).