Insurance & Divorce: Classification of Life Insurance:
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As a general rule, a life insurance policy in existence at the time of classification of property is classified according to the general rules applicable to any other item of property: To the extent the premiums were paid with marital funds, the policy is marital property; to the extent the premiums were paid with separate property, the policy is separate property. Therefore, the policy itself can have both separate and marital components, e.g.:Go to: Insurance & Divorce Informational SectionBut see La Barre v. La Barre, 251 A.D.2d 1008, 674 N.Y.S.2d 235 (1998) (life insurance was separate property where there was no evidence as to how many premiums were paid with marital funds).
- Money v. Money, 852 P.2d 1158 (Alaska 1993);
- In re Ryman, 172 Ill. App. 3d 599, 527 N.E.2d 18 (1988);
- In re Marriage of Driscoll, 563 N.W.2d 640 (Iowa Ct. App. 1997);
- Wear v. Mizell, 263 Kan. 175, 946 P.2d 1363 (1997);
- Mount v. Mount, 59 Md. App. 538, 476 A.2d 1175 (1984);
- Reichert v. Reichert, 246 Neb. 31, 516 N.W.2d 600 (1994);
- Vail-Beserini v. Beserini, 237 A.D.2d 658, 654 N.Y.S.2d 471 (1997);
- Lindsey v. Lindsey, 342 Pa. Super. 72, 492 A.2d 396 (1985);
- Graham v. Graham, 195 W. Va. 343, 465 S.E.2d 614 (1995).
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