Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:944 – Exemption of proceeds; group life
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:944
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
A. A policy of group life insurance or the proceeds payable to the individual insured or to the beneficiary, shall not be liable, either before or after payment, to be applied to any legal or equitable process to pay any liability of any person having a right under the policy. The proceeds, when not made payable to a named beneficiary or to a third person pursuant to a facility-of-payment clause, shall not constitute a part of the estate of the individual insured for the payment of his debts.
B. This Section shall not apply to group life insurance policies issued under La. Rev. Stat. 22:941(B)(4) (debtor groups) to the extent that such proceeds are applied to payment of the obligation for the purpose of which the insurance was so issued.
Acts 1958, No. 125; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 22:649 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2011, No. 94, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.
NOTE: Former La. Rev. Stat. 22:944 redesignated as La. Rev. Stat. 22:658 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.