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Pierce BELLEVILLE A woman cliams her minor children were taken off as beneficiaries of her ex-husband s life insurance policy by his fiancee while he was incapacitated. Elizabeth Smallwood, as mother and next of friend of B.B., a minor, and L.B., a minor, filed a complaint Jan. 22 in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against Sher Rujawitz, Hannah Shores and Sivia Business & Legal Services PC, doing business as Sivia Insurance Company, alleging violation of the Uniform Fraudulent Transfers Act, conspiracy to defraud minors and unjust enrichment. According to the complaint, Smallwood, the natural mother of the minor plaintiffs, was previously married to their natural father John Blassingame who died on Jan. 14, 2021. She alleges that as part of their divorce agreement, Blassingame was required to maintain life insurance for their minor children and naming them as beneficiaries of the policy. Smallwood claims that while Blassingame wa ....