Aetna Life Insurance v. Schilling

R.C. 1339.63 provides, in part:

*166“(A) As used in this section:

“(1) ‘Beneficiary’ means a beneficiary of a life insurance policy, an annuity, a payable on death account, an individual retirement plan, an employer death benefit plan, or another right to death benefits arising under a contract.

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“(B)(1) Unless the designation of beneficiary or the judgment or decree granting the divorce, dissolution of marriage, or annulment specifically .provides otherwise, and subject to division (B)(2) of this section, if a spouse designates the. other spouse as a beneficiary * * * and if * * * the spouse…