bellatauri
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Hampton Roads, Virginia
Here is the situation, My Father-in-Law passed away June 11,2005. My Husband And his Father purchased our home together Jan'04 thankfully we are safe due to title stating joint tenancy with rights to survivorship.
When he passed, he had a group life insurance policy for the amount of $50,000. My Husband has 2 sister's, he is the oldest, followed by them.
When he passed, they made him head of arrangements, and ultimately he became the administrator of his estate. There is no will.
An assigment in the amount of $15,750 was taken from the policy for funeral arrangements and final expenses which he signed for since they made him point of contact/head of arrangements, with the remainder of the policy was cut into 3 seperate checks to each of the three of them in the amount of $11,416. There were no disputes made to the insurance company, and all three checks were cashed. Now the sisters are mad at him because he won't sign over our home to them, They said they were entitled to 1/3 of the home because it was dad's, when in fact as stated above this is not the case. Now they are taking him to small claims court stating they are entitled to 1/3 each of my husbands beneficiary check plus interest because of the assignment taken previously from the policy which he signed for. The insurance company first paid the company who funded the assignment, then split the remaining benefits in 3 seperate equal parts, so this being the case is he legally responsible for their claims, and what should we do? Thank you for your time any input and advise is appreciated. Sincerely,
Bella Sept 19,2005
Here is the situation, My Father-in-Law passed away June 11,2005. My Husband And his Father purchased our home together Jan'04 thankfully we are safe due to title stating joint tenancy with rights to survivorship.
When he passed, he had a group life insurance policy for the amount of $50,000. My Husband has 2 sister's, he is the oldest, followed by them.
When he passed, they made him head of arrangements, and ultimately he became the administrator of his estate. There is no will.
An assigment in the amount of $15,750 was taken from the policy for funeral arrangements and final expenses which he signed for since they made him point of contact/head of arrangements, with the remainder of the policy was cut into 3 seperate checks to each of the three of them in the amount of $11,416. There were no disputes made to the insurance company, and all three checks were cashed. Now the sisters are mad at him because he won't sign over our home to them, They said they were entitled to 1/3 of the home because it was dad's, when in fact as stated above this is not the case. Now they are taking him to small claims court stating they are entitled to 1/3 each of my husbands beneficiary check plus interest because of the assignment taken previously from the policy which he signed for. The insurance company first paid the company who funded the assignment, then split the remaining benefits in 3 seperate equal parts, so this being the case is he legally responsible for their claims, and what should we do? Thank you for your time any input and advise is appreciated. Sincerely,
Bella Sept 19,2005
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