§ 6111.2.  Effect of divorce or pending divorce on designation
                of beneficiaries.
        (a)  Applicability.--This section is applicable if an
     individual:
            (1)  is domiciled in this Commonwealth;
            (2)  designates the individual's spouse as beneficiary of
        the individual's life insurance policy, annuity contract,
        pension or profit-sharing plan or other contractual
        arrangement providing for payments to the spouse; and
            (3)  either:
                (i)  at the time of the individual's death is
            divorced from the spouse; or
                (ii)  dies during the course of divorce proceedings,
            no decree of divorce has been entered pursuant to 23
            Pa.C.S. § 3323 (relating to decree of court) and grounds
            have been established as provided in 23 Pa.C.S. §
            3323(g).
        (b)  General rule.--Any designation described in subsection
     (a)(2) in favor of the individual's spouse or former spouse that
     was revocable by the individual at the individual's death shall
     become ineffective for all purposes and shall be construed as if
     the spouse or former spouse had predeceased the individual,
     unless it appears the designation was intended to survive the
     divorce based on:
            (1)  the wording of the designation;
            (2)  a court order;
            (3)  a written contract between the individual and the
        spouse or former spouse; or
            (4)  a designation of a former spouse as a beneficiary
        after the divorce decree has been issued.
        (c)  Liability.--
            (1)  Unless restrained by court order, no insurance
        company, pension or profit-sharing plan trustee or other
        obligor shall be liable for making payments to a spouse or
        former spouse which would have been proper in the absence of
        this section.
            (2)  Any spouse or former spouse to whom payment is made
        shall be answerable to anyone prejudiced by the payment.
     (Dec. 16, 1992, P.L.1163, No.152, eff. imd.; Dec. 1, 1994,
     P.L.655, No.102, eff. 60 days; Oct. 27, 2010, P.L.837, No.85,
     eff. 60 days)