Snyder

Shirley Snyder, former wife of decedent Gordon Snyder, appeals a declaratory judgment rendered in favor of Gordon’s widow, Alexandra. We affirm.

Shirley and Gordon Snyder were married in 1964. One son, Michael, was born in 1965. Gordon also adopted Carrie, Shirley’s daughter from a prior marriage.

In 1971 Gordon named Shirley as beneficiary of a defined contribution savings plan with Rockwell International, his employer. The parties separated in 1976, and on January 11, 1979, pursuant to stipulation in open court, an interlocutory judgment of dissolution of marriage was entered. The Rockwell savings plan, the subject of this appeal, was awarded to Gordon as his separate property.

Gordon married Alexandra on December 1, 1979. He executed a will on October 19, 1981, and died the following May. He had never changed the *8 beneficiary designation of the Rockwell savings plan which, at the time of his death, was worth approximately $82,000.

The will acknowledged Gordon’s marriage to Alexandra and his prior marriage to Shirley, 2 and also disinherited his adopted daughter, Carrie. It provided for all of his personal property, and his 50% interest in his home, to be…