If Scott Petersen was the beneficiary, no one should receive the money. I can’t stand insurance companies, but they should not have to pay.
Gotta disagree here.In a case like this the proceeds should be paid to her estate so that anyone entitled to inherit a portion of that estate would benefit.
It would be my guess that as the beneficiary, Scott is the contract recipient of the funds. The insurance company would have to pay out to him under the contract, but the Court ruled that he cannot profit from his crimes, so the insurance company’s payout was probably deposited with the Court instead of to Scott. The Court is just ordering that Scott cannot get the money that the insurance company paid out. And maybe Laci’s mom was an alternative beneficiary, and the court’s ruling just bumped Scott as a beneficiary as if he had predeceased Laci.