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43-2-833
Section 43-2-833 General duties; relation and liability to persons interested in estate; standing
to sue. (a) A personal representative is a fiduciary. Except as otherwise provided by the
terms of the will, the personal representative shall observe the standards in dealing with
the estate that would be observed by a prudent person dealing with the property of another.
If the personal representative has special skills or is named personal representative on the
basis of representations of special skills or expertise, the personal representative is under
a duty to use those skills. A personal representative is under a duty to settle and distribute
the estate of the decedent in accordance with the terms of any probated and effective will
and Title 43, and as expeditiously and efficiently as is consistent with the best interests
of the estate. The personal representative shall use the authority conferred upon personal
representatives by law, the terms of the will, if any, and any order in...
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43-8-115
Section 43-8-115 Discharge of debtor from liability for wages, etc., owed intestate former
employee of another; status of funds paid under this section. (a) Whenever an employee of
another shall die intestate and there shall be due him or her any sum as wages or salary the
debtor may discharge himself or herself from liability therefor by paying such amount to the
surviving spouse of the deceased employee or, if there is no surviving spouse to the person
having the legal custody and control of his or her minor child or children, or either as the
case may be, who may commence an action for and recover the same as part of the property or
allowance exempted to them. (b) Any sums paid in accordance with subsection (a) shall be considered
as part of the exempt property, as defined in Section 43-8-111; and, if the sums exceed seven
thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) the excess shall be considered part of the family allowance,
as defined in Section 43-8-112. (Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No....
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35-4-96
Section 35-4-96 Conveyances of personalty to minors. All conveyances of personal property in
favor of minor children, except by will, where the custody, control, and visible possession
thereof is suffered to remain by the donor with the father or mother of such children, vest
an absolute estate in such father or mother so in possession, in favor of the purchasers from,
and creditors of, such father or mother, without notice, unless the conveyance is recorded
within three years after such possession commenced in this state in the county of the residence
of such father or mother. (Code 1852, §1296; Code 1867, §1566; Code 1876, §2175; Code 1886,
§1819; Code 1896, §1014; Code 1907, §3391; Code 1923, §6895; Code 1940, T. 47, §128.)...
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45-37A-51.11
Section 45-37A-51.11 Death benefit for spouses and children not receiving certain benefits.
(a) The words, terms, and phrases used in this section shall have the meaning ascribed to
them by Act 929, or Section 45-37A-51.07, unless it appears from the context that a different
meaning is intended. (b)(1) This section shall not apply to any firefighter or police officer,
or to his or her spouse, child, or children, unless at the time of his or her death he or
she had accumulated at least five years' credited service under Act 929. This section shall
not apply to any firefighter or police officer who has not executed within the time hereinafter
specified an instrument which shall provide that in the event of his or her death the board
of managers of this supplemental pension system shall receive the return of any contributions
made by him or her to this supplemental pension system and to the general retirement and relief
system created by Act 929, which if he or she had not executed the...
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6-11-51
Section 6-11-51 Definitions. As used in this article the following words and terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ANNUITY ISSUER. An insurer that has issued a contract to fund
periodic payments under a structured settlement. (2) DEPENDENTS. A payee's spouse and minor
children and all other persons for whom the payee is legally obligated to provide support,
including alimony. (3) DISCOUNTED PRESENT VALUE. The present value of future payments determined
by discounting the payments to the present using the most recently published applicable federal
rate for determining the present value of an annuity, as issued by the United States Internal
Revenue Service. (4) GROSS ADVANCE AMOUNT. The sum payable to the payee or for the payee's
account as consideration for a transfer of structured settlement payment rights before any
reductions for transfer expenses or other deductions to be made from the consideration. (5)
INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL ADVICE. Advice of an attorney, certified public...
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45-37-123.106
Section 45-37-123.106 Minimum distribution requirements. (a) General rules. (1) EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this section shall apply for purposes
of determining required minimum distributions for calendar years beginning on and after January
1, 1987. (2) REQUIREMENTS OF TREASURY REGULATIONS INCORPORATED. All distributions required
under this section shall be determined and made in accordance with § 401(a)(9), Internal
Revenue Code, including the incidental death benefit requirement in § 401(a)(9)(G), and the
regulations thereunder. (3) PRECEDENCE. Subject to the joint and survivor annuity requirements
of the plan, the requirements of this section shall take precedence over any inconsistent
provisions of the plan. (b) Time and manner of distribution. (1) REQUIRED BEGINNING DATE.
The member's entire interest shall be distributed, or begin to be distributed, to the member
no later than the member's required beginning date. (2) DEATH OF MEMBER...
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45-37-123.103
Section 45-37-123.103 Death benefits. (a) Preretirement death benefits. A vested member's beneficiary
is entitled to a preretirement joint survivorship pension, as described below. (1) MARRIED
MEMBER. If a married, active member dies, then the beneficiary may elect, on a form provided
by the pension board, to be paid in one of the following forms: a. One Hundred Percent Preretirement
Joint Survivorship Pension. If such member was eligible for a deferred retirement benefit
at the time of the member's death, then the beneficiary may elect to be paid in the form of
a 100 percent preretirement joint survivorship pension, which is a monthly annuity paid during
the beneficiary's lifetime which is equal to the actuarial equivalent of the benefits that
would have been paid to the member if, instead of dying, the member had terminated employment;
or b. Refund. The beneficiary may elect a refund of the member's employee contributions in
accordance with Section 45-37-123.104(4)b. (2) UNMARRIED...
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8-6-140
Section 8-6-140 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following words have the
following meanings unless the context otherwise requires: (1) BENEFICIARY FORM. A registration
of a security which indicates the present owner of the security and the intention of the owner
regarding the person who will become the owner of the security upon the death of the owner.
(2) DEVISEE. Any person designated in a will to receive a disposition of real or personal
property. (3) HEIRS. Those persons, including the surviving spouse, who are entitled under
the statutes of intestate succession to the property of a decedent. (4) PERSON. An individual,
a corporation, an organization, or other legal entity. (5) PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE. Includes
executor, administrator, successor personal representative, special administrator, and persons
who perform substantially the same function under the law governing their status. (6) PROPERTY.
Includes both real and personal property or any interest therein...
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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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45-37A-51.07
Section 45-37A-51.07 Retirement allowance and survivor's allowance. (a)(1) The words, terms,
and phrases of this section shall have the meaning ascribed to them by Act 929, unless it
appears from the context that a different meaning is intended. As used in this section and
Section 45-37A-51.11, these words and terms have the meanings hereby accorded them: a. DEFERRED
PENSION UNDER THE GENERAL RETIREMENT AND RELIEF SYSTEM. A pension granted to a firefighter
or police officer under Act 929, the payment of which does not commence until the pension
granted to such firefighter or police officer under this subpart ceases. b. DISABLED CHILD.
A firefighter's or police officer's son or daughter regardless of age who becomes disabled
prior to attaining age 18 with a medically determinable physical or mental impairment or impairments,
by reason of which impairment, or impairments, the son or daughter has been unable, and continues
to be unable, to engage in any substantially gainful activity. c....
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