A friend's husband committed suicide last week. Anyone have experience dealing with this?

Suicide is always extremely hard to deal with and even harder to understand. It is an emotional trainwreck for those left behind, the question of "why?" is always on your mind. My sincerest condolences to her and her children. As far as the life insurance policy goes, most policies have what is called a contestable clause. The clause usually states that if you commit suicide within the first 2 years of the policy being in force, they will not pay the claim, however, if you live past that 2 year clause, yes, they will pay the claim. She needs to call the insurance company or read the actual policy to find this out. God bless.

I had a friend commit suicide a few years back, and the worst part was how we were all afraid to talk about it. Suicide is almost taboo in North America. The silence was so painful. Don't let the silence grow too big.

As far as practicalities go, I really don't know anything. My friend was a young woman, I doubt she had any life insurance.

Our teachers husband committed suicide and no one knew why but he left a note and they found me dead with a gun next to his head.