by Guest » Tue May 31, 2011 03:31 am
:? CAN ANYONE HELP??
I divorced in 2004 and my ex-husbands atty did the divorce for US...it seemed amicable at the time. I did not ask for alimony, support, the house...I just wanted out-life was hell with him and I found out he had exposed himself to my daughter. The only thing that I would be getting would be his life insurance benefits upon his death which would cover all the expenses I took from the marriage (he went chapter 7 and all the joint accounts fell on me for payment.) I just found out that because the atty did not state in the property settlement agreement that the policy was specifically a FEGLI(Federal Employee Group Life Insurance) policy that I am not eligible per the government to be the beneficiary on the policy unless he has specifically kept my name on the policy as beneficiary. The property settlement only states that "any and all life insurance policies will be kept in place " and that I would be the beneficiary of that said policy. I havent spoken to him in years (nor do I wish to) and have no idea if I am still named-nor will they release that info.
I ended up contacting the atty for a remedy to the situation but he reminded me that I had included him in my ch13 bankruptcy after the divorce because I couldnt keep up with the bills and became permanently disabled in 2007. Now that atty refuses to help me correct a problem due to his ineptitude.
Any suggestions? Should I just live and let live and forget about it?? It was my ex-husbands fault for the divorce(if this helps any suggestions....) And Im in NY state.. PLEASE HELP!
I divorced in 2004 and my ex-husbands atty did the divorce for US...it seemed amicable at the time. I did not ask for alimony, support, the house...I just wanted out-life was hell with him and I found out he had exposed himself to my daughter. The only thing that I would be getting would be his life insurance benefits upon his death which would cover all the expenses I took from the marriage (he went chapter 7 and all the joint accounts fell on me for payment.) I just found out that because the atty did not state in the property settlement agreement that the policy was specifically a FEGLI(Federal Employee Group Life Insurance) policy that I am not eligible per the government to be the beneficiary on the policy unless he has specifically kept my name on the policy as beneficiary. The property settlement only states that "any and all life insurance policies will be kept in place " and that I would be the beneficiary of that said policy. I havent spoken to him in years (nor do I wish to) and have no idea if I am still named-nor will they release that info.
I ended up contacting the atty for a remedy to the situation but he reminded me that I had included him in my ch13 bankruptcy after the divorce because I couldnt keep up with the bills and became permanently disabled in 2007. Now that atty refuses to help me correct a problem due to his ineptitude.
Any suggestions? Should I just live and let live and forget about it?? It was my ex-husbands fault for the divorce(if this helps any suggestions....) And Im in NY state.. PLEASE HELP!
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 01:41 am Post Subject:
Max, the fact that he skipped on his bills would lead to an educated guess that he would not be paying for life insurance in retirement. This means that we are probably only talking about a $2,500 benefit.
She never paid her last attorney, so she will not be able to hire a new one.
If there is a case here, it will be against her ex-attorney.
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 11:18 pm Post Subject:
If there is a case here, it will be against her ex-attorney
No argument on that.
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