[WSBAPT] Question regarding intestate distribution

[Dewey Weddle]

Esteemed colleagues,

Facts:  Mother dies intestate.  She is married at the time of her death and she leaves behind two minor children.  She left a life insurance policy that named her estate as the beneficiary.  The rules of intestate succession indicate that spouse is entitled to receive all the community property and one-half of her separate property and the children are to receive the other half of her separate property RCW 11.04.015 (1)(a)(b).  Question:  Because the life insurance policy named the estate as the beneficiary, how does one characterize the proceeds?  Separate or community?  I am hoping that some of you have encountered this problem and can point me in the right direction.


Best regards,


Dewey W. Weddle​​


Law Office of Dewey W. Weddle, PLLC

909 7th Street

Anacortes, WA 98221


Telephone: 360-293-3600

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