After the
policy is placed in force, you will wait a couple
of months and then have her transfer
ownership of the life insurance plan to you as a
gift.
Life insurance is actually the only type
of gift that is subject to a three - year look - back in an extension
of that rule, which helps the IRS determine whether or not the
ownership of a
policy was changed solely because the person being insured believed they were going to die soon.