FallinFullCircl
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? West Virginia
My father recently passed away. His funeral arrangements were set up by my mother (his current wife) and I (son). The expenses were to be paid upon receiving the insurance policy. My Father had insurance through his employer, where he worked for 30+ years. A month later the funeral director calls and explains that the beneficiary to the insurance policy was not my mother but his father and his mother. The policy was probably 20 to 30 years old. His mother died in 1993 and my parents have been married since 1991(collectively together for more than 20 years). My father had never changed the beneficiary. His father, now about to receive the insurance money, is planning on keeping 100% of the money after funeral expenses. Is there any legal right that my mother has to the money, and does marriage not nullify the previous beneficiary agreement? We all know he worked very hard and wished for that money go to his wife and kids.
My father recently passed away. His funeral arrangements were set up by my mother (his current wife) and I (son). The expenses were to be paid upon receiving the insurance policy. My Father had insurance through his employer, where he worked for 30+ years. A month later the funeral director calls and explains that the beneficiary to the insurance policy was not my mother but his father and his mother. The policy was probably 20 to 30 years old. His mother died in 1993 and my parents have been married since 1991(collectively together for more than 20 years). My father had never changed the beneficiary. His father, now about to receive the insurance money, is planning on keeping 100% of the money after funeral expenses. Is there any legal right that my mother has to the money, and does marriage not nullify the previous beneficiary agreement? We all know he worked very hard and wished for that money go to his wife and kids.