In re the Marriage of Hall

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Luckert, J.:

This appeal raises the issue of whether a district court can order a child support obligor to cooperate with a child support obligee in the obligee’s efforts to obtain insurance on the obligor s life if the obligor objects to the issuance of the life insurance policy. We hold that a district court cannot issue such an order because the order would be contrary to public policy as expressed by the Kansas Legislature in K.S.A. 40-453(a), which provides that an insurable interest does not exist if a person whose life is insured makes a written…