43-8-253
the killer had predeceased the decedent. (b) Any joint tenant who feloniously and intentionally kills another joint tenant thereby effects a severance of the interest of the decedent so that the share of the decedent passes as his property and the killer has no rights by survivorship. This provision applies to joint tenancies with the right of survivorship and tenancies in common during the respective lives of the grantees with cross-contingent remainders in fee to the survivor in real and personal property, joint and multiple-party accounts in banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions and other institutions, and any other form of co-ownership with survivorship incidents. (c) A named beneficiary of a bond, life insurance policy, or other contractual arrangement who feloniously and intentionally kills the principal obligee or the person upon whose life the policy is issued is not entitled to any benefit under the bond, policy or other contractual arrangement, and it becomes...
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5-24-1
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 succession to the property of a decedent. (7) INCLUDES or INCLUDING means includes, but not limited...
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43-2-830
death of a person, decedent's real property devolves to the persons to whom it is devised by decedent's last will or to those indicated as substitutes for them in cases involving lapse, renunciation, or other circumstances affecting the devolution of a testate estate, or in the absence of testamentary disposition, to decedent's heirs, or to those indicated as substitutes for them in cases involving renunciation or other circumstances affecting devolution of intestate estates. (b) Decedent's personal property devolves to the personal representative to be distributed to: (1) Those persons to whom it is devised by the testator's last will or to those indicated as substitutes for them in cases involving lapse, renunciation, or other circumstances affecting the devolution of a testate estate; or (2) In the absence of testamentary disposition, to decedent's heirs, or to those indicated as substitutes for them in cases involving renunciations or other circumstances affecting devolution of...
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34-27-31
appeals in connection with the judgment, file a verified claim in the court in which the judgment was entered and, on 10 days' written notice to the commission, may apply to the court for an order directing payment out of the Recovery Fund of the amount unpaid on the judgment. (4) The court shall proceed on the application immediately and, on hearing, the aggrieved person shall be required to show each of the following: a. He or she is not the spouse, child, or parent of the debtor, or the personal representative of the spouse, child, or parent. b. He or she has obtained a judgment, as described in subdivision (e)(3), stating the amount of the judgment and the amount owing on the judgment at the date of the application, and, that in the action, he or she had joined any and all bonding companies which issued corporate surety bonds to the judgment debtor as principal and all other necessary parties. c. The following items, if recovered by him or her, have been applied to the actual...
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10A-1-1.03
limited liability company or association, a member; and (D) with respect to another foreign or domestic entity, an owner of an equity interest in that entity. (69) OWNERSHIP INTEREST. An owner's interest in an entity. The term includes the owner's share of profits and losses or similar items and the right to receive distributions. The term does not include an owner's right to participate in management or participate in the direction or oversight of the entity. An ownership interest is personal property. (70) PARENT or PARENT ENTITY. An entity that: (A) owns at least 50 percent of the ownership or membership interest of a subsidiary; or (B) possesses at least 50 percent of the voting power of the owners or members of a subsidiary. (71) PARTNER. A limited partner or general partner. (72) PARTNERSHIP. Includes a general partnership, a limited liability partnership, a foreign limited liability partnership, a limited partnership, a foreign limited partnership, a limited liability...
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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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43-8-70
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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43-2-692
Section 43-2-692 Petition for summary distribution; when surviving spouse or distributee entitled to personal property without administration. (a) The surviving spouse, if there is one, otherwise the distributees of an estate of personal property only, may initiate a proceeding for summary distribution of the estate by filing a verified petition in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the decedent was domiciled at death alleging the conditions provided in subsection (b). The petition shall include a description of the estate of the decedent. No bond shall be required to be filed with the petition. (b) The surviving spouse or distributee shall have a defeasible right to the personal property of the decedent without awaiting the appointment of a personal representative or the probate of a will if all of the following conditions exist: (1) The value of the entire estate does not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). This figure shall be adjusted annually for...
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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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43-8-73
Section 43-8-73 Procedure for making election; petition; time limit; notice and hearing; withdrawal of demand; order of court; enforcement of order. (a) The surviving spouse may elect to take his elective share by filing with the court and mailing or delivering to the personal representative, if any, a petition for the elective share within six months after the date of death, or within six months after the probate of the decedent's will, whichever limitation last expires. The court may extend the time for election for cause shown by the surviving spouse before the time for election has expired. (b) The surviving spouse shall give notice of the time and place set for hearing to persons interested in the estate whose interests will be adversely affected by the taking of the elective share. (c) The surviving spouse may withdraw his demand for an elective share at any time before entry of a final determination by the court. (d) After notice and hearing, the court shall determine the amount...
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