Court says ex-wife gets man's insurance money

June 4, 2013 by AP Staff Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court says a Virginia law can’t override a federal employee’s decision to make his ex-wife, not his wife, his beneficiary in a federal insurance program.

Warren Hillman made Judy Maretta beneficiary of his Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance policy before their divorce and his re-marriage to Jacqueline Hillman. He never changed his beneficiary designation, and Maretta got the money after his death. Click here to read…

Originally Posted at LIfeHealthPro on June 3, 2013 by AP Staff Writer.