A named beneficiary of a bond, life insurance policy, or other contractual arrangement who feloniously and intentionally kills the principal obligee or the person upon whose life the policy is issued is not entitled to any benefit under the bond, policy, or other contractual arrangement, and it becomes payable as though the killer had predeceased the decedent.
Cal. Prob. Code § 252
EFFECT OF HOMICIDE OR ABUSE OF AN ELDER OR DEPENDENT ADULT
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case Nationwide Life Insurance v. Richards (2008)
Most recently applied in 281 Or. App. 869 - Herinckx v. Sanelle (October 2016)
Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.
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Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.