Life Insurance: Can You Contest a Beneficiary Designation?

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Can someone change or contest the beneficiary designation? If you think that you should be a life insurance beneficiary, you can contest the designation and there are multiple grounds for doing so.

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What is a Life Insurance Beneficiary Designation?

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When Should a Life Insurance Beneficiary Designation be Contested?

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You Suspect a Beneficiary Change was Made Under Duress

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You Suspect There Was a Forged Life Insurance Beneficiary Change

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The Insured Was Divorced

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Life Insurance: Can You Contest a Beneficiary Designation?

Can someone change or contest the beneficiary designation? If you think that you should be a life insurance beneficiary, you can contest the designation and there are multiple grounds for doing so.

What is a Life Insurance Beneficiary Designation?

When Should a Life Insurance Beneficiary Designation be Contested?

You Suspect a Beneficiary Change was Made Under Duress

A caregiver presses the mentally frail person to change their beneficiary designation to themselves.

You Suspect There Was a Forged Life Insurance Beneficiary Change

This will happen long before death and likely be accompanied by other signs of abuse of the insured’s finances and possessions.

The Insured Was Divorced

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