Legal Question in Insurance Law in Illinois

How To Find Who Are The Beneficiaries
My sister passed away recently and prior to her death she had requested the social security numbers of her own siblings to have them included on her insurance policies and bank accounts. She informed our mother that she wanted to leave her own brothers and sisters money because she herself had no children of her own. My sister was married with adult step-children at the time of her death.

After my sister�s death, we, her sisters and brothers and our mother, did not received any financial settlements. My sister was extremely close to our mother, it is inconceivable that my sister would not have made financial arrangements for our senior-aged mother. We also feel there may have been the possibility of fraudulent activities on the part of my sister�s husband.

Can my sister�s husband legally withhold filing the necessary paperwork to the insurance and financial institutions in order to avoid having financial settlements paid out to our mother and us, her siblings? Is there a process/method where we, her family, can circumvent my late sister�s husband and find out who are my sister�s legal beneficiaries? We have a copy of the death certificate and her social security.

Asked on 2/05/08, 4:25 pm

Scott A. Blumenshine Blumenshine Law Group

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Re: How To Find Who Are The Beneficiaries

Was a probate estate opened?

That provide a legal mechanism

for determining her financial

assets including life insurance

policies.

Answered on 2/05/08, 9:59 pm

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