861 So. 2d 181 - Fowler v. Fowler’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “The reason why life insurance, if made payable to a beneficiary other than the estate of the insured or his heirs, executors or administrators, is not considered as a part of the estate of the insured ... is that the proceeds or avails of life insurance do not come into existence during the lifetime of the insured, and do not belong at any time to him, but pass by virtue of the contract directly from the insurer to the beneficiary named in the policy. That is not true of an annuity contract. In such a contract the payment to the beneficiary, if he or she survives the annuitant, is a payment of a fund which belonged to the annuitant during his lifetime.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 887 So. 2d 109 - In Re Succession of Halligan

2. “In the instant case, we granted certiora-ri to determine whether the proceeds of a life insurance policy paid during the matrimonial regime of acquets and gains are the separate or community property of the beneficiary spouse. We conclude that life insurance proceeds are sui generis and not governed by codal principles which govern community property. Fowler, 861 So.2d at 182 (emphasis added).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 7 So. 3d 78 - USAA Life Insurance Co. v. Krake

3. “life insurance proceeds enjoy a status not accorded to other property in Louisiana.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 887 So. 2d 109 - In Re Succession of Halligan