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43-8-75
Section 43-8-75 How elective share satisfied; what property applied first; apportionment of
others' liability for balance of elective share. (a) In the proceeding for an elective share,
values included in the estate which pass or have passed to the surviving spouse, or which
would have passed to the surviving spouse but were renounced, are applied first to satisfy
the elective share and to reduce any contributions due from other recipients of transfers
included in the estate. For purposes of this subsection, the electing spouse's beneficial
interest in any life estate or in any trust shall be computed as if worth one-half of the
total value of the property subject to the life estate, or of the trust estate, unless higher
or lower values for these interests are established by proof; provided, however, that, to
the extent that the electing spouse's beneficial interest is a life estate or is an interest
in a trust and is coupled with a general power of appointment (whether exercisable by...
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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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43-8-73
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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10A-1-1.03
Section 10A-1-1.03 Definitions. As used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires,
the following terms mean: (1) AFFILIATE. A person who controls, is controlled by, or is under
common control with another person. An affiliate of an individual includes the spouse, or
a parent or sibling thereof, of the individual, or a child, grandchild, sibling, parent, or
spouse of any thereof, of the individual, or an individual having the same home as the individual,
or a trust or estate of which an individual specified in this sentence is a substantial beneficiary;
a trust, estate, incompetent, conservatee, protected person, or minor of which the individual
is a fiduciary; or an entity of which the individual is director, general partner, agent,
employee or the governing authority or member of the governing authority. (2) ASSOCIATE. When
used to indicate a relationship with: (A) a domestic or foreign entity for which the person
is: (i) an officer or governing person; or (ii) a beneficial...
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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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43-2-830
Section 43-2-830 Devolution of estate at death; restrictions. (a) Upon the 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...
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43-8-72
Section 43-8-72 Waiver of right to elect and of other rights. The right of election of a surviving
spouse and the rights of the surviving spouse to homestead allowance, exempt property and
family allowance, or any of them, may be waived, wholly or partially, before or after marriage,
by a written contract, agreement, or a waiver signed by the party waiving after fair disclosure.
Unless it provides to the contrary, a waiver of "all rights" (or equivalent language)
in the property or estate of a present or prospective spouse or a complete property settlement
entered into after or in anticipation of separation or divorce is a waiver of all rights to
elective share, homestead allowance, exempt property and family allowance by each spouse in
the property of the other at death and a renunciation by each of all benefits which would
otherwise pass to him from the other by intestate succession or by virtue of the provisions
of any will executed before the waiver or property settlement. (Acts...
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43-8-111
Section 43-8-111 Exempt property. If the decedent was domiciled in this state at the time of
death the surviving spouse is entitled to receive, in addition to the homestead allowance,
property of a value not exceeding seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) in excess of
any security interests therein in household furniture, automobiles, furnishings, appliances
and personal effects. If there is no surviving spouse, children of the decedent are entitled
jointly to the same value. If encumbered chattels are selected and if the value in excess
of security interests, plus that of other exempt property, is less than seven thousand five
hundred dollars ($7,500), or if there is not seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500)
worth of exempt property in the estate, the spouse or children are entitled to other assets
of the estate, if any, to the extent necessary to make up the seven thousand five hundred
dollars ($7,500) value. Rights to exempt property and assets needed to make up a...
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43-8-112
Section 43-8-112 Family allowance. In addition to the right to homestead allowance and exempt
property, if the decedent was domiciled in this state, the surviving spouse and minor children
whom the decedent was obligated to support and children who were in fact being supported by
him are entitled to a reasonable allowance in money out of the estate for their maintenance
during the period of administration, which allowance may not continue for longer than one
year if the estate is inadequate to discharge allowed claims. The allowance may be paid as
a lump sum or in periodic installments. It is payable to the surviving spouse, if living,
for the use of the surviving spouse and minor and dependent children; otherwise to the children,
or persons having their care and custody; but in case any minor child or dependent child is
not living with the surviving spouse, the allowance may be made partially to the child or
his guardian or other person having his care and custody, and partially to...
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26-2A-136
Section 26-2A-136 Permissible court orders. (a) The court shall exercise the authority conferred
in this division to encourage the development of maximum self-reliance and independence of
a protected person and make protective orders only to the extent necessitated by the protected
person's mental and adaptive limitations and other conditions warranting the procedure. (b)
The court has the following powers that may be exercised directly or through a conservator
in respect to the estate and business affairs of a protected person: (1) While a petition
for appointment of a conservator or other protective order is pending and after preliminary
hearing and without notice, the court may preserve and apply the property of the person to
be protected as may be required for the support of the person or dependents of the person.
(2) After hearing and upon determining that a basis for an appointment or other protective
order exists with respect to a minor without other disability, the court has...
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