Chapter 14 - Felonious And Wrongful Deaths
CHAPTER 14 - FELONIOUS AND WRONGFUL DEATHS
ARTICLE 1 - FELONIOUS DEATH
2-14-101. Taking of life precludes one from inheritance or insurancebenefits; how benefits distributed; notification of insurer necessary.
(a) No person who feloniously takes or causes or procuresanother to take the life of another shall inherit from or take by devise orlegacy from the deceased person any portion of his estate.
(b) No beneficiary of any policy of life or accident insuranceor certificates of membership issued by any benevolent association ororganization, payable upon the death of any person, who in like manner takes orcauses or procures another to take the life of another, shall take the proceedsof such policy or certificate.
(c) In every instance mentioned in this section all benefitsthat would accrue to any such person upon the death of the person whose life istaken shall become subject to distribution among the other heirs of thedeceased person according to the rules of descent and distribution. However, aninsurance company is discharged of all liability under a policy issued by itupon payment of the proceeds in accordance with the terms thereof unless beforepayment the company receives written notice by or in behalf of some claimantother than the beneficiary named in the policy that a claim to the proceeds ofthe policy will be made by heirs of the deceased under the provisions of thissection.
ARTICLE 2 - WRONGFUL DEATH
2-14-201. Renumbered by Laws 1982, ch. 54, 7.
2-14-202. Renumbered by Laws 1982, ch. 54, 7.