ML Servicing Co. v. Coles

OPINION

OROZCO, Judge.

¶ 1 Appellants ML Servicing Co., Inc. (ML Servicing) and ML Liquidating Trust (collectively Appellants) appeal from the trial court order dismissing its action pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes (AR.S.) section 20-1131 (2010), a statute that prevents creditors of a deceased insured from claiming life insurance proceeds to repay the decedent’s debts, and from the trial court’s award of attorney fees to Appellee Ashley Coles (Ashley). 1 We find Appellants are creditors of the decedent pursuant to AR.S. § 20-1131. Accordingly, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

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