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Are you entitled to receive a bequest if you murdered the bequestor?
If a person is named as the sole beneficiary of a will or a life insurance policy but the person has murdered the bequestor, is the person still entitled to receive the estate? If there are no other beneficiaries, does the state simply keep the funds?
I'm not planning anything, but my friend and I were wondering whatever happened to the estate that the Menendez brothers killed their parents for.
4 Answers
- LeAnneLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Sounds like the old joke about the guy who killed his parents and then begged the court for mercy because he was an orphan.
No, you would not profit on your crime.
- 1 decade ago
No, beneficiaries who are convicted of killing a decedent are not able to collect. They are treated as predeceasing the decedent, so the next in line beneficiaries would get a larger share.
- krollohare2Lv 71 decade ago
Probably not. Most states have laws that prevent this. They're called "Slayer" statutes.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
No, I do not think they get it, I think it is forfeited once a murder conviction is final.
