Revocation-Upon-Divorce Statute Does Not Violate Contract Clause, Petitioners Say

Mealey's (February 5, 2018, 3:33 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two individuals named as contingent beneficiaries of their father's life insurance policy asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 22 to hold that the application of Minnesota’s revocation-upon-divorce statute to the policy, which was signed before the statute's enactment, does not violate the contract clause of the U.S. Constitution (Ashley Sveen, et al. v. Kay Melin, et al., No. 16-1432, U.S. Sup.)....