RCW 11.84.100
Insurance proceeds.
(1) Insurance proceeds payable to the slayer or abuser as the beneficiary or assignee of any policy or certificate of insurance on the life of the decedent, or as the survivor of a joint life policy, shall be paid instead to the estate of the decedent, unless the policy or certificate designate some person other than the slayer or abuser or his or her estate as secondary beneficiary to him or her and in which case such proceeds shall be paid to such secondary beneficiary in accordance with the applicable terms of the policy.
(2) If the decedent is beneficiary or assignee of any policy or certificate of insurance on the life of the slayer or abuser, the proceeds shall be paid to the estate of the decedent upon the death of the slayer or abuser, unless the policy names some person other than the slayer or abuser or his or her estate as secondary beneficiary, or unless the slayer or abuser by naming a new beneficiary or assigning the policy performs an act which would have deprived the decedent of his or her interest in the policy if he or she had been living.
[ 2009 c 525 § 10; 1965 c 145 § 11.84.100. Prior: 1955 c 141 § 10.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law
Chapter 11.84 - Inheritance Rights of Slayers or Abusers.
11.84.020 - Slayer or abuser not to benefit from death.
11.84.025 - Disposition of retirement system proceeds payable to slayer or abuser.
11.84.030 - Slayer or abuser deemed to predecease decedent.
11.84.040 - Distribution of decedent's property.
11.84.050 - Distribution of property held jointly with slayer or abuser.
11.84.060 - Reversion and vested remainder.
11.84.070 - Property subject to divestment, etc.
11.84.080 - Contingent remainders and future interests.
11.84.090 - Property appointed—Powers of revocation or appointment.
11.84.100 - Insurance proceeds.
11.84.110 - Payment by insurance company, bank, etc.—No additional liability.
11.84.120 - Rights of persons without notice dealing with slayer or abuser.
11.84.130 - Record of conviction as evidence against claimant of property.
11.84.140 - Slayer determination—Conviction—Preponderance of evidence.
11.84.150 - Abuser determination—Conviction—Clear, cogent, and convincing evidence.
11.84.160 - Abuser determination—Evidence factors.
11.84.170 - Abuser—When entitled to property interest.