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FOWLER v. FOWLER

No. 2003-C-0590.

861 So.2d 181 (2003)

Susan McKneely FOWLER, v. Claude Ed FOWLER.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 12, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney C. Cashe, Cammie deShea, Stelly Richardson, Cashe, Lewis, Coudrain & Sandage, Hammond, for Applicant.

Harry A. Johnson, III, Phelps Dunbar, Baton Rouge; Vincent A. Saffiotti, Downs & Saffiotti, Baton Rouge, for Respondent.

TRAYLOR, J.

In the instant case, we granted certiorari to determine whether the proceeds of a life insurance policy paid during the matrimonial regime of acquets and gains are the separate or community property of the beneficiary spouse. We conclude that life insurance proceeds are sui generis and not governed by codal principles which govern community property. We thus overrule Thigpen v. Thigpen, 231 La. 206,

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