Daughter Is Lawful Beneficiary Of Life Insurance Policy, 6th Circuit Affirms

Mealey's (December 19, 2017, 1:47 PM EST) -- CINCINNATI — The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Dec. 13 affirmed a lower court’s finding that a divorce decree suffices as a qualified domestic relations order that “clearly specifies” a decedent’s daughter as the beneficiary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S. Code Section 1056(d)(3)(C), 29 U.S.C. § 1056(d)(3)(C) (Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada v. Richard E. Jackson, et al., No. 17-3120, 6th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 25135)....

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