California Probate Code

§ 252

PROB § 252Div. 2 · Part 7

Statute text

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.

Legislative history

Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.