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METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO. v. CHRIST

979 F.2d 575 (1992)

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret CHRIST, individually and as guardian ad litem for Kelly Christ, Jeffrey Christ, and Anthony Christ, Defendants-Appellees. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. Melba CHRIST, Defendant-Appellant, and Margaret Christ, individually and as guardian ad litem for Kelly Christ, Jeffrey Christ, and Anthony Christ, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 10, 1992.

As Amended November 17, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian W. McGrath, James O. Huber, Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, Wis., William J. Toppeta, Cornelia Dude, Paul G. Huck, Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., Law Dept., David J. Larkin, Jr. (argued), New York City, for plaintiff-appellant Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

Gerald G. Fuchs (argued), Evansville, Ind., for defendant-appellant Melba Christ.

Allen Silverstein (argued), Milwaukee, Wis., for defendants-appellees Margaret Christ and Anthony Christ.

Stuart M. Gerson, Office of U.S. Atty. Gen., Robert S. Greenspan, Michael S. Raab, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Appellate Section, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae U.S.

Before RIPPLE and MANION, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Lawrence Christ, a federal employee, was married to Margaret Christ, with whom he had three children. In 1978, Lawrence and Margaret divorced. The divorce decree ordered Lawrence, among other things, to maintain his children as beneficiaries on his life insurance policies until September 13, 1993, when the youngest would turn eighteen. Among those policies was one issued by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife) pursuant to the Federal...

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