19-5-5
Section 19-5-5 Division of trust with more than one beneficiary or class thereof for GST purposes into separate share trusts to effectuate allocation of grantor's, decedent's, or surviving spouse's GST exemption. When a grantor or decedent transfers property into a trust which has, or which pours into another trust which has, more than one beneficiary or class of beneficiaries for GST purposes, and when the grantor or fiduciary allocates the grantor's or decedent's GST exemption for the benefit of one or more, but less than all, beneficiaries or classes of beneficiaries of such trust, or when the surviving spouse of the grantor or decedent, or such surviving spouse's fiduciary, allocates the surviving spouse's GST exemption for the benefit of one or more, but less than all, beneficiaries or classes of beneficiaries of such trust, and when the instrument creating the trust does not specifically prohibit a fiduciary from dividing such trust into separate share trusts, a fiduciary shall...
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19-5-6
Section 19-5-6 Division of qualified terminable interest property trust into separate share trusts to effectuate allocation of grantor's, decedent's, or surviving spouse's GST exemption; payment of estate taxes. When a grantor or decedent transfers property into a trust for which an election is made or to be made pursuant to Section 2056(b)(7) or 2523(f) of the Internal Revenue Code to treat such property as qualified terminable interest property (the "QTIP trust"), and when a grantor or fiduciary makes an election pursuant to Section 2652(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code to have the grantor or decedent creating such QTIP trust deemed to be the transferor of a portion, but not all, of such QTIP trust for GST purposes, and when a grantor or fiduciary makes an allocation pursuant to Section 2631 of the Internal Revenue Code of any portion of such grantor's or decedent's GST exemption to such portion of the QTIP trust for which a Section 2652(a)(3) election is made or to be made, or to...
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43-8-1
Section 43-8-1 General definitions. Subject to additional definitions contained in the subsequent articles which are applicable to specific articles or divisions, and unless the context otherwise requires, in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) BENEFICIARY. As it relates to trust beneficiaries, includes a person who has any present or future interest, vested or contingent, and also includes the owner of an interest by assignment or other transfer and as it relates to a charitable trust, includes any person entitled to enforce the trust. (2) CHILD. Includes any individual entitled to take as a child under this chapter by intestate succession from the parent whose relationship is involved and excludes any person who is only a stepchild, a foster child, a grandchild or any more remote descendant. (3) COURT. The court having jurisdiction in matters relating to the affairs of decedents. This court in Alabama is known as the probate court. (4) DAYS. That...
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40-18-25
Section 40-18-25 Estates and trusts. (a) For purposes of this chapter, the income and deductions, including the distribution deduction, of estates and trusts shall be determined in accordance with Subchapter J of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. ยง641 et seq., relating to estates, trusts, beneficiaries, and decedents, except as otherwise provided in this section. (1) The income and deductions shall be increased by any items that are includable or deductible by an individual in computing Alabama income tax but are not includable or not deductible by an individual in computing federal income tax. (2) The income and deductions shall be decreased by any items that are not includable or not deductible by an individual in computing Alabama income tax but are includable or deductible by an individual in computing federal income tax. (b) For purposes of this chapter, the income and deductions of beneficiaries of estates and trusts, and persons who are treated as...
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43-8-70
Section 43-8-70 Right of surviving spouse to elective share. (a) If a married person domiciled in this state dies, the surviving spouse has a right of election to take an elective share of the estate. The elective share shall be the lesser of: (1) All of the estate of the deceased reduced by the value of the surviving spouse's separate estate; or (2) One-third of the estate of the deceased. (b) The "separate estate" of the surviving spouse shall include: (1) All property which immediately after the death of the decedent is owned by the spouse outright or in fee simple absolute; (2) All legal and equitable interests in property the possession or enjoyment of which are acquired only by surviving the decedent; and (3) All income and other beneficial interests: a. Under a trust; b. In proceeds of insurance on the life of the decedent; and c. Under any broad-based nondiscriminatory pension, profit-sharing, stock bonus, deferred compensation, disability, death benefit or other such plan...
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6-10-101
Section 6-10-101 Proceedings to set apart exemptions when administration not granted on decedent's estate within 60 days after death - Vesting of title to real property in surviving spouse and minors and right to possession thereof. If no exceptions are filed and sustained to such report of the commissioners setting apart the homestead exemption, the title to the real property so set aside shall vest in the surviving spouse and minors, share and share alike, but only during the life of the surviving spouse and minority of the children. If all the real property left by the decedent in this state does not exceed in area and value the homestead allowed by law as exempt, title to all such real property shall vest absolutely in the surviving spouse, the children (minors and adults) and the descendants of deceased children, or, if there is no surviving spouse, in the children and the descendants of deceased children, or, if there are no children or descendants of deceased children, in the...
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5-24-12
Section 5-24-12 Rights at death. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, on death of a party sums on deposit in a multiple-party account belong to the surviving party or parties. If two or more parties survive and one is the surviving spouse of the decedent, the amount to which the decedent, immediately before death, was beneficially entitled under Section 5-24-11 belongs to the surviving spouse. If two or more parties survive and none is the surviving spouse of the decedent, the amount to which the decedent, immediately before death, was beneficially entitled under Section 5-24-11 belongs to the surviving parties in equal shares, and augments the proportion to which each survivor, immediately before the decedent's death, was beneficially entitled under Section 5-24-11, and the right of survivorship continues between the surviving parties. (b) In an account with a POD designation: (1) On death of one of two or more parties, the rights in sums on deposit are governed by...
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35-12-84
Section 35-12-84 Filing of a claim - intestate and small claims. (a) The surviving spouse or, if none, the surviving child or children or, if none, the surviving parent or parents of an abandoned property owner who has died intestate may claim the abandoned property under this section, and will have a defeasible right to the property, if all of the following conditions exist: (1) The aggregate value of the abandoned property held on behalf of the owner, as established by rule, must not exceed the amount allowed in Section 43-2-692. (2) The claim need not be accompanied by an order of a probate court if the claimant files documentation established in the rules, including, but not limited to, a. a written confirmation by the probate court that no estate has been opened or filed; b. an affidavit, signed by all beneficiaries, as applicable, stating that all beneficiaries have amicably agreed among themselves upon a division of the property; c. supporting documentation showing heir rights;...
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5-24-1
Section 5-24-1 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) ACCOUNT means a contract of deposit between a depositor and a financial institution, and includes a checking account, savings account, time deposit, certificate of deposit, and share account. (2) AGENT means a person authorized to make account transactions for a party. (3) BENEFICIARY means a person named as one to whom sums on deposit in an account are payable on request after death of all parties or for whom a party is named as trustee. (4) DEVISEE means any person designated in a will to receive a testamentary disposition of real or personal property. (5) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION means an organization authorized to do business under state or federal laws relating to financial institutions, and includes a bank, trust company, savings bank, building and loan association, savings and loan company or association, and credit union. (6) HEIRS means those persons, including surviving spouse, who are entitled under the statutes of intestate...
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19-3D-19
Section 19-3D-19 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2019. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. TAX-RELATED LIMITATIONS. (a) In this section the following terms have the following meanings: (1) GRANTOR TRUST. A trust as to which a settlor of a first trust is considered the owner under 26 U.S.C. Sections 671 through 677, as amended, or 26 U.S.C. Section 679, as amended. (2) INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. The United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. (3) NONGRANTOR TRUST. A trust that is not a grantor trust. (4) QUALIFIED BENEFITS PROPERTY. Property subject to the minimum distribution requirements of 26 U.S.C. Section 401(a)(9), as amended, and any applicable regulations, or to any similar requirements that refer to 26 U.S.C. Section 401(a)(9) or the regulations. (b) An exercise of the decanting power is subject to the following limitations: (1) If a first trust contains property that qualified, or would have...
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