Mich. Panel: 401(k), Insurance Can Satisfy Estate Claim In Wrongful Death Shooting

(July 29, 2024, 9:01 AM EDT) -- DETROIT — In cases consolidated on appeal, a Michigan appellate court affirmed the portion of a probate court’s order allowing recovery of life insurance proceeds but reversed the portion of the probate court’s order not allowing recovery of the proceeds of a 401(k) account in a wrongful death judgment owed to a mother’s estate against the estate of her daughter implicated in a murder/suicide, finding that both the 401(k) and life insurance proceeds were available to satisfy the judgment....