Baton Rouge Claims Deceased Partner’s Life Insurance Payout; Faces Lawsuit Filed by Deceased’s Children

A Baton Rouge businessman faces a lawsuit filed by the children of an estranged couple who were killed in a murder-suicide. As reported by the Louisiana Record, the lawsuit filed by the children of the couple claims that Todd Hines, the defendant in the suit, illegally claimed their father’s life insurance payout of $500,000.

The lawsuit was filed by the legal representative representing the minor children in the US District Court for Louisiana’s Middle District. Depending on several factors the lawsuit could be the appropriate measure taken by the children say outstanding Baton Rouge, LA divorce lawyers.

However, Hines claims he is innocent in claiming the payout. He did so after 57 year old Billy Wayne Newman, his business partner, shot his estranged wife, 48 year old Lauren Beebe, and then killed himself on Nov. 25^th, in Killingworth, Connecticut. Newman was served with divorce papers on the 30^th October. He then went to Baton Rouge and changed his life insurance beneficiary to his business partner, Hines on November 13^th.

In their lawsuit, the plaintiffs claim that their father, Newman, illegally replaced his wife’s name as beneficiary to the policy. Louisiana divorce attorneys point out that once Newman was served the divorce papers he was bound by law to obey the court’s orders prohibiting him from changing the beneficiary on the policy.

The lawsuit claims that Newman transferred the title of a 2007 van from Beebe to his name and gave it to Hines. Hines, who is named as the defendant in the lawsuit, filed a claim with Protective Life Insurance Company without serving any notice to the plaintiffs just three weeks after the murder-suicide on December 14^th, 2015.

However, the plaintiffs claim that the money is rightfully theirs and should be distributed to them in accordance with Connecticut statutes since their parents died intestate. They claim that the change in beneficiary was a willful violation of a court order.

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Blocking Email Access to Lafayette Detectives in Garber Divorce

A judge recently ruled that criminal investigators be allowed to look into emails belonging to Lafayette Parish Sheriff-elect Mark Garber’s ex-wife Rachel Garber and Richard Mere. As reported by theadvocate.com, Judge Thomas Duplantier turned down a lawsuit filed by Garber and Mere to prevent detectives from having access to their electronic mail.

For people who are married to one of their employees, if that employee wants a divorce, it looks like that will cost them their job unless that employee is not expendable which would be rare. No supervisor wants awkward situations at work. 

They were reportedly alerted by Microsoft in April and filed a lawsuit on April 28^th, following which a judge ordered that any access be prohibited. However, Judge Duplantier has dismissed the order and also said that Microsoft ought to be held in contempt of court. 

Baton Rouge, LA divorce lawyers know that a baby does not mean a marriage will last. 

Incidentally, Baton Rouge, LA divorce lawyers point out that Rachel Garber was employed by Mark Garber, who is a lawyer, in his worker’s compensation practice but sacked her after she filed for divorce in December. Mark Garber takes over as sheriff on July 1^st. He claims that his wife stole 13,000 pages of worker’s comp files from his computer and sent them to Mere who had already been retained as her divorce legal representative.

Meanwhile, if you have any unresolved issues such as alimony, child support, custody, or any other matters, make sure to reach out to a Louisiana divorce lawyer to protect your rights.

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