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W and H were married in 1947 and separated in 1966. H worked for American Airlines, which deducted premiums for a company sponsored group term life insurance plan from his salary. Their 1968 judgment of divorce ordered H to maintain this life insurance with the couple's minor children as beneficiaries until they reached the age of majority. H died in 1984. The children of his marriage to W were adults. The life insurance policy named the children as the beneficiaries. W brought this action seeking a portion of the proceeds from the life insurance in that she claimed they were community property. The court found them to be separate property. W appealed.

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