Sedarous v. Sedarous

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• holding that \FEGLIA does not preempt the power of the state court to impose a constructive trust on the proceeds of the insurance after the death of the obligor spouse\
• finding that the preemption provision of FEGLIA is not so broad as to support the conclusion that Congress intended FEGLIA to preempt state laws in an area — namely domestic relations — that has been traditionally left to the states
• “FEGLIA’s lack of an anti-attachment provision is the critical factor justifying, if not indeed compelling, the conclusion that Ridgway does not govern the FEGLIA preemption issue.”
• ‘We hold that FEGLIA does not preempt the power of the state court to impose a constructive trust on the proceeds of insurance after the death of the obligor spouse.”

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