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This appeal stems from this Court’s grant of a writ or certiorari. The record shows that appellee Tiffany Marie Alcorn, as executrix of the estate of her father Richard Alcorn, and her sister, appellee Amy Darlene Alcorn, brought a breach of contract action in which they asserted that their father’s second wife, appellant Bonnie Ann Appleton, contractually waived her right to retain the proceeds of their deceased father’s employer-provided 401k plan and life insurance policy by entering a settlement agreement incorporated into an order of separate maintenance executed approximately a year prior to the father’s death. The parties do not dispute that, under the terms of the employer’s benefits plans, the plan administrator properly paid out the benefits to appellant.1 Appellees, however, contend that appellant waived her right to keep the funds under the settlement agreement which provides in pertinent part:

Each party shall have the right to name any person or organization they choose as beneficiary of their life insurance policies. Each party waives any interest they have in the other party’s life insurance proceeds, cash value, or otherwise.

 
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