Graudins v Hunt

Holding The defendant lacked standing to enforce a stipulation requiring the decedent to maintain life insurance because the children, not the defendant, were the intended beneficiaries. Consequently, the Supreme Court properly denied the defendant’s cross-motion to recover the policy value from the decedent’s estate.

The court’s words

the provision does not give the defendant standing to maintain a claim against the decedent's estate, since the defendant was not the intended beneficiary of the policy

2026 NY Slip Op 05168, at the official text

the children were the intended beneficiaries of the policy. The defendant is not seeking to enforce the stipulation on behalf of or for the benefit of his children

2026 NY Slip Op 05168, at the official text

they are the interested persons with standing to enforce the provision of the stipulation

2026 NY Slip Op 05168, at the official text