Insurance proceeds from specific disposition not subject to · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 3-4.5 Insurance proceeds from specific disposition not subject to
ademption
Where insurance proceeds from property which was the subject of a specific disposition are paid after the testator's death, such proceeds, to the extent received by the personal representative, are payable by him to the beneficiary of such disposition; and such proceeds retain the character of a specific disposition for all other purposes, including 12-1.2 and 13-1.3.
Insurance proceeds for property specifically given by will, paid after the testator's death, go to that beneficiary rather than adeeming the gift.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 1 — The Surrogate's Court in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Surrogate's Court: Court Rules & the EPTL; Volume 5 — Your Career: Surrogate's Court in Plain English.