1998 Minnesota Statutes

     197.49 Insurance benefits of deceased to pass to next of 
  kin on disappearance of spouse of veteran.  

    When a resident of the state shall have died intestate when 
 serving in the military or naval forces of the United States of 
 America during the world war, and whose spouse shall have 
 deserted the resident prior to enlistment, and the whereabouts 
 of the spouse shall have been unknown for a period of 20 years 
 or more last past, then such spouse shall be presumed to have 
 predeceased the resident, and any and all benefits due and 
 payable to the resident's estate under and by virtue of any war 
 risk insurance act or acts amendatory thereto shall descend to 
 the next of kin as of the date of the death of any such enlisted 
 person, and such estate shall be distributed as provided by the 
 laws of the state for the distribution of the estate of persons 
 dying intestate.  

    HIST: (4397-28) Ex1937 c 13 s 1; 1986 c 444