Ex-Wife Gets None of Ex’s Life Insurance, Court Rules
November 25, 2015 by Cyril Tuohy
A deceased life insurance policyholder’s ex-wife has no right to any portion of the proceeds because the man’s death voids a family court order to split the cash surrender value of the policy, the Rhode Island Supreme Court has ruled.
Citing precedent, the court ruled in Loppi v. United Investors Life Inc. that any court action involving the distribution of property between Robert and Marilyn Loppi “terminates on the death of one of the parties.”
The facts in the case led the court to the “inescapable conclusion” that the family court’s order with respect to the division of property was voided upon Robert Loppi’s death, Associate Justice William P. Robinson III wrote in the Nov. 16 decision. Click HERE to view article
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