40-258. Actions to recover death benefits based on certain policies; distribution. - Kansas Statutes

40-258

Chapter 40.--INSURANCE Article 2.--GENERAL PROVISIONS

      40-258.   Actions to recover death benefits based on certain policies;distribution.Where any person shall die and no personal representative is or has beenappointed, a civil action for the recovery of death benefits based on anypolicy of insurance, wherein the beneficiary is not named or thebeneficiary named is the estate of the decedent and where the face amountof the insurance provided in the policy is one thousand dollars or less,may be brought by the widow, or, where there is no widow, by the next ofkin of such deceased. The amount recovered in any such action shall inureto the exclusive benefit of the widow and children, if any, or next of kin,to be distributed in the same manner as personal property of the deceased.

      History:   L. 1943, ch. 153, § 1; June 28.