Scott moved to Carson City, Nevada, 2 years ago and he e-mailed me with an insurance question: “Is the beneficiary of a life insurance policy obligated to share benefits with family or not.

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Scott the answer to your question. No, you are not obligated to share the benefits with family members. The money belong to you if you are named the beneficiary, regardless of who else thinks they should get some of it. But if there are instructions in a will regarding the use of the money from the life insurance policy then that might change everything.