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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 <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">RCW
11.04.015 (1)(a)(b)</span>. 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
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