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Mr. Lineweaver, after all the children have reached the
age of eighteen (18) years, may make whomever he wishes
the beneficiaries of any or all of his life insurance.
Kathleen objected and wanted the children to be covered until
they reached age 21. In the next draft, the age was changed to
21. Also in that next draft Kathleen was, until she remarries,
to remain a beneficiary of policies in an amount up to $100,000.
The remarriage of Kathleen was also added to the fourth sentence
of that next draft. That addition to the fourth sentence is not
in conflict with the "until she remarries" language in the third
sentence. Without such an addition, an ambiguity could be
injected; namely, it could be argued that she would no longer
remain a beneficiary once the daughters reached age 21 even if
she had not remarried by that time. The fourth sentence in that
draft read:
Mr. Lineweaver, after all the children have reached the
age of twenty-one (21) years, and Mrs. Lineweaver has
remarried, may make whomever he wishes the
beneficiaries of any or all of his life insurance.
This fourth sentence was not changed in the final version.
The estate reads the fourth sentence as extending Kathleen's
coverage beyond her remarriage, contrary to the language in the
third sentence. A more logical interpretation is that the fourth
sentence protects her against termination if she has not
remarried by the time the children reach 21, terminating the
children's rights when they reach 21 and terminating her right
when she remarries. This reading is consistent with the "until
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