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Wallace v. Crawford (In re Meyers)

Wallace v. Crawford (In re Meyers)

Ruling
Life insurance proceeds were property of deceased debtor's spouse's bankruptcy estate.
Procedural posture

The purported beneficiary of a $2,000,000 term life insurance policy sought the proceeds thereof following the death of the named insured. The chapter 7 trustee for the bankruptcy estate of decedent's spouse argued that the chapter 7 estate was the proper beneficiary of the policy, because the right to name the beneficiary had belonged to decedent's prior chapter 7 estate.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on November 14, 2012 , LexisNexis #1212-022