Richard W. Meier v. Mary J. Burnsed

Syllabus

In this dispute over the proceeds of a life insurance policy, Richard Walter Meier and the Estate of William Carl Meier, by and through Conrad Meier, its personal representative, appeal the circuit court's grant of summary judgment to Mary J. Burnsed. They contend the court erred in finding section 62-2-507 of the South Carolina Code (2022) did not apply to revoke a beneficiary designation made before a divorce when both the beneficiary designation and divorce occurred prior to the effective date of the statute. We reverse.