Okla. Stat. tit. 36, § 36-2717.1
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Beneficiaries
Official statutory text
A. The owner of a benefit contract shall have the right at all
times to change the beneficiary or beneficiaries in accordance with
the laws or rules of the society unless the owner waives this right
by specifically requesting in writing that the beneficiary
designation be irrevocable. A society may, through its laws or
rules, limit the scope of beneficiary designations and shall provide
that no revocable beneficiary shall have or obtain any vested
interest in the proceeds of any certificate until the certificate
has become due and payable in conformity with the provisions of the
benefit contract.
B. A society may make provision for the payment of funeral
benefits to the extent of such portion of any payment under a
certificate as might reasonably appear to be due to any person
equitably entitled thereto by reason of having incurred expense
occasioned by the burial of the member; provided, the payment shall
not exceed the sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00).
C. If, at the death of any member, there is no lawful
beneficiary to whom the insurance benefits are payable, the amount
of such benefits, except to the extent that funeral benefits may be
paid as hereinbefore provided, shall be payable to the personal
representative of the deceased insured; provided, if the owner of
the certificate is other than the insured, such proceeds shall be
payable to such owner.
times to change the beneficiary or beneficiaries in accordance with
the laws or rules of the society unless the owner waives this right
by specifically requesting in writing that the beneficiary
designation be irrevocable. A society may, through its laws or
rules, limit the scope of beneficiary designations and shall provide
that no revocable beneficiary shall have or obtain any vested
interest in the proceeds of any certificate until the certificate
has become due and payable in conformity with the provisions of the
benefit contract.
B. A society may make provision for the payment of funeral
benefits to the extent of such portion of any payment under a
certificate as might reasonably appear to be due to any person
equitably entitled thereto by reason of having incurred expense
occasioned by the burial of the member; provided, the payment shall
not exceed the sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00).
C. If, at the death of any member, there is no lawful
beneficiary to whom the insurance benefits are payable, the amount
of such benefits, except to the extent that funeral benefits may be
paid as hereinbefore provided, shall be payable to the personal
representative of the deceased insured; provided, if the owner of
the certificate is other than the insured, such proceeds shall be
payable to such owner.
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