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Sent to Family Law Experts August 18, 2007 12:01 a.m.

If a family member dies and they name you the beneificary and you find out their life insurance policy wasn't no where close to being enough to pay for there funeral. Is it the beneificary responsible for taking their personal trust fund left to them by the decease to pay for the decease funeral?

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fort wayne, Indiana

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Nothing so far because i needed to know legally what i am to do in a case like this. Also me and the funeral home didn't find out until after the services were perfromed that the deceased family member had very close to none life insurance.

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August 18, 2007 12:32 a.m. (31 minutes and 45 seconds later)

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If the estate has insufficient finds for a funeral and life insurance proceeds are equally deficient, the burden does fall on family to pay funeral costs for the decedent.

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Sent August 18, 2007 12:51 a.m. (19 minutes and 5 seconds later)

Does that mean that even though that deceased left a trust fund for that family member that individual still has to give up their personal trust fund to pay for the deceased funeral even though they left the money to them.

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August 18, 2007 12:53 a.m. (1 minute and 24 seconds later)

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You may choose the form of burial. However, the costs fall on the immediate family. If that means using the trust fund porceeds, that is what must occur.

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