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Home » US Law » 2022 New York Laws » Consolidated Laws » ISC - Insurance » Article 31 - Insurance Contracts - General » 3113 – Consent of and Notification of an Irrevocable Beneficiary Under a Court Order of Divorce or Separation.
§  3113.  Consent  of  and  notification of an irrevocable beneficiary
under a court order of divorce or separation. In any case where a policy
owner has, pursuant to an order of separation or divorce, designated his
or her spouse or children as the irrevocable beneficiary of a policy  of
insurance  subject  to  the  provisions  of  section  three thousand two
hundred three of this chapter, and a copy of such order has been served,
by registered mail, on the home office of  the  insurer  specifying  the
name and mailing address of the spouse or children, such insurer shall:

(a) prohibit the policy holder from borrowing from the cash value or changing the named beneficiary of such insurance policy without the written consent of the irrevocable beneficiary; and

(b) provide written notification to the irrevocable beneficiary in the event that such insurance policy is scheduled to lapse due to non-payment of premium.