33-15-512. Exemption from execution of proceeds of group life -- exception. (1) A policy of group life insurance or the proceeds of the policy payable to the individual insured or to the beneficiary under the policy may not be liable, either before or after payment, to be applied by any legal or equitable process to pay any debt or liability of the insured individual, of the individual's beneficiary, or of any other person having a right under the policy. The proceeds of the policy, when not made payable to a named beneficiary or to a third person pursuant to a facility-of-payment clause, may not constitute a part of the estate of the individual insured for the payment of the individual's debts.
(2) This section does not apply to group life insurance issued pursuant to Title 33, chapter 20, parts 10, 11, and 12, to a creditor covering the creditor's debtors to the extent that the proceeds are applied to payment of the obligation for the purpose of which the insurance was issued.
History: En. Sec. 292, Ch. 286, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 40-3735; amd. Sec. 1191, Ch. 56, L. 2009.