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First of all I am terribly sorry that you are in this situation. I honestly cannot imagine how you feel, but please accept my heartfelt condolences.

To answer your question, NO, this is not what happens in these cases. You MUST press charges because under state law a person CANNOT profit from the death of a spouse or a death of a relative who leaves them proceeds. The courts would treat that situation as if the person predeceased your daughter, meaning that if he was not alive, he could not inherit. You, as the closest party, would be in line to inherit the proceeds. This is why I strongly suggest you retain a probate attorney so that he can stop their behavior, establish fault, and shunt the proceeds to you. His parents are not entitled to those benefits, either legally (if you contest early enough) or ethically.

Good luck and as an aside, I truly hope that you are seeing someone to help you with grief counseling. This is not easy for many reasons, and having a consoling ear may help you deal with this tragedy.

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Thank you for your follow-up, Lisa.

You are most welcome, contacting a probate an attorney is a very wise solution to this situation. In terms of establishing fault, that would be the probate attorney's obligation--he would in essence have to go to the probate office as soon as possible, provide evidence that your daughter was murdered by the beneficiary, and request a formal injunction (a stay) on all transfers of assets until the issue of who is the rightful heir is resolved. That order would be sent to the insurance companies so that they would not be able to cut the check to the parents, and would in essenve freeze the funds until the probate attorney could show that by transferring the funds his estate would be profiting, and that the assets should go elsewhere and placed in a constructive trust out of which the funds would be transferred based on the state intestate share law, meaning you would be the party to receive the assets.

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