If a dependent child commits suicide while under a life insurance policy, does it still pay?
One: Suicide is never a choice that any parent would find acceptable for their child. EVER. Two: There are much worse things in life than having to pay off student loans for an extended period of time (and believe me, I’ll be paying on MINE until I’m in my sixties unless I make an enormous salary all of a sudden!) It may seem impossible now to face a future with the problems you have today, but change is not only possible — it is a fact of life. Things WILL change — maybe not immediately, maybe not even in a VISIBLE way, but given time…anything is possible. Three: You’ve potentially eliminated the option to receive the suicide death benefit by using the answering forum on Yahoo. Pre-meditation of the act in a public forum like this could be found by insurance investigators and it (along with other indications you’ve unconsciously demonstrated to friends, family, teachers) might permit the insurance company to escape payment — that your decision was not in fact based on emotional d