Orthothanasia: The Living Will and Life Insurance Contracts

This study discusses the validity of life insurance contracts in the face of living wills. The enactment of Law 25/2012, published on 16/06/2012, which regulated advance directives, Living Wills, allowing individuals to dispose of their lives in the event of serious illness or accident, and Article 10 of the aforementioned law, which provides for the non-decriminalisation of individuals who grant a Living Will and wish to enter into an insurance contract, it is understood that the provisions of the law provide as a condition that the Living Will must have been granted prior to the conclusion of the life insurance contract. Thus, the study presented here questions the validity of life insurance taken out after the passing of this law and its effects on the individual who opts for orthothanasia in their Living Will.