If my father got a life insurance policy when I was a minor and named my mother the beneficiary, since they divorced do my younger brother and I have any legal claim to the proceeds?
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If my father got a life insurance policy when I was a minor and named my mother the beneficiary, since they divorced do my younger brother and I have any legal claim to the proceeds?
He never changed the policy.
Asked on April 16, 2013 under Insurance Law, Indiana
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
I am so sorry for your loss. In many states the dissolution of a marriage - divorce of the parties - can have an adverse affect on the beneficiary designation of a life insurance policy. That is not the case in the state of Indiana. The divorce of a couple does not have any effect on the designation. So your Mother remains the beneficiary.
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