Cengage Advantage Books: Law for Business 18th Edition by John Ashcroft ,Janet Ashcroft

Exercise 10

Gaby Gonzalez obtained two CDs at Second Federal Savings and Loan Association (Second) with her daughter, Juana Martinez, as beneficiary. Right before Gonzalez died, she told her cousin, Rafael Gonzalez, where to find her CDs. The CDs had a line through Martinez's name and Rafael Gonzalez's name added in the section for beneficiary with the notation, "REVISED BENEFICIARY... RC." After Gaby's death, Rafael withdrew some funds to pay funeral expenses and legal fees from one of the CDs. Several years later, Rafael discovered that Second had paid the CDs to Hector Gonzalez, who was the administrator of Martinez's estate. Rafael sued Second, claiming as the beneficiary that it should have paid him. Who was entitled to the proceeds of the CDs?