We have been divorced for 10 years and I have remarried.
2007-07-07 07:01:33 · 16 answers · asked by confused 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Insurance
File the claim with the life insurance company. They'll send the check to whoever is the currently listed beneficiary on the policy.
Policies don't care what your relationship is, if you're married, divorced, remarried. They'll pay out whoever is listed.
He MIGHT have changed it in the past ten years, though.
2007-07-08 15:21:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most insurance companies will pay the named beneficiary of a policy unless someone else makes a claim on the proceeds. Even if he remarried they should recognize you as the rightful beneficiary unless there is a will naming someone else as the designated recipient. That would give the other person a claim, that may require a court to sort out the issue. You will need a copy of his death certificate and you might ask an attorney to review your position. Good luck.
2007-07-07 07:10:08 · answer #2 · answered by Glen D 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can claim it, but it may be contested by other family members. Go for it.
Not "anyone" can be the beneficiary to a policy, there has to be insurable interest at the time of issue. Which apparently you had.
2007-07-07 09:17:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that if you are listed as the beneficiary and it was not changed then you should receive the benefits of the policy even if you are divorced.
2007-07-07 07:09:28 · answer #4 · answered by michael45672007 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course! If you are the beneficiary you get the death benefit payment. You don't need to have any legal relationship at all to be the beneficiary of a life insurance policy.
2007-07-07 07:08:03 · answer #5 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The inusrance is not part of the estate and not subject to probate. If you are listed as the benficiary, then the insurance company can pay it to you and no one else. Did he tell you what he had in mind when he tookout the policy? If so, you should honor his wishes. At any rate, you should probably use some of it the pay for his funeral expenses.
2007-07-07 07:10:54 · answer #6 · answered by nightserf 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If the insurance still has you listed as the beneficiary, you ARE still entitled to the money.
2007-07-08 05:13:50 · answer #7 · answered by laurel g 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if you are listed as the beneficiary then the money is yours....
2007-07-09 08:24:39 · answer #8 · answered by Jules 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are the beneficiary, the money is yours. If it is a large amount his heirs will probably try to fight you.
2007-07-07 07:08:27 · answer #9 · answered by WJVV 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wait isn't that stuff suppose to be settled in the Divorce agreement ?? after that has been settle i don't think you have any right over anything that belongs to him.
2007-07-09 07:30:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋