My parent passed away recently, and they had a form filled out and signed to change the beneficiary, but had not

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I am sorry for your loss and to hear of this difficult situation.

What form do you mean?

Did you show the paper to the insurance company and they said it was not good enough since your dad never submitted it?

I don't believe they can accept it. How would they know whether your dad meant to send it in or changed his mind.

Unfortunately, without substantial proof of his intention I think you are going to be stuck.

Do you see what I mean?

There is a will then the will governs. If no one was appointed as executor in the will then one of the beneficiaries has to apply to administer the estate.

If there is no will then if there is a legally married spouse they inherit a good part of the estate and the kids inherit as well.

Common law spouses do not inherit if there is no Will.

Posting on facebook does not count as a will.

The next of kin is set by law.

As I explained, if there is a legally married spouse they inherit a good part of the estate and the kids share in it as well.

One of the beneficiaries should apply.

A facebook message is not a Will.

The life insurance does not form part of the estate unless it says the beneficiary is the estate.

The next of kin is the spouse. If there is no spouse it is the kids. If there are not kids it is parents, and then siblings etc.

The life insurance goes to whomever is listed as the beneficiary.

The estate is everything they owned.

No there is no way to fight someone who is designated as a beneficiary.

Yes really.

Then that is the estate.

The law is clear. He had to leave a will and change the beneficiary.

No the person he chose gets to take his money. It's not fair to you but it was his mistake I suppose.

It means a lot but just doesn't apply in your case.

In your case your father failed to change the beneficiary.

In the case you were reading about the man changed the insurance policy's beneficiary unlawfully because his former wife was promised the insurance benefits and she paid the premiums instead of him paying them.

I am really sorry this happened to you.

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