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Part 1 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION
Section 15-2-101 - INTESTATE ESTATE. - 15-2-101. INTESTATE ESTATE. Any part of the estate of a...
Section 15-2-102 - SHARE OF THE SPOUSE. - 15-2-102. SHARE OF THE SPOUSE. The intestate share of the...
Section 15-2-103 - SHARE OF HEIRS OTHER THAN SURVIVING SPOUSE. - 15-2-103. SHARE OF HEIRS OTHER THAN SURVIVING SPOUSE. The part...
Section 15-2-104 - REQUIREMENT THAT HEIR SURVIVE DECEDENT FOR 120 HOURS. - 15-2-104. REQUIREMENT THAT HEIR SURVIVE DECEDENT FOR 120 HOURS. Any...
Section 15-2-106 - REPRESENTATION. - 15-2-106. REPRESENTATION. If representation is called for by this code,...
Section 15-2-107 - KINDRED OF HALF BLOOD. - 15-2-107. KINDRED OF HALF BLOOD. Relatives of the half blood...
Section 15-2-108 - AFTERBORN HEIRS. - 15-2-108. AFTERBORN HEIRS. Relatives of the decedent conceived by natural...
Section 15-2-109 - MEANING OF CHILD AND RELATED TERMS. - 15-2-109. MEANING OF CHILD AND RELATED TERMS. If, for purposes...
Section 15-2-110 - ADVANCEMENTS. - 15-2-110. ADVANCEMENTS. If a person dies intestate as to all...
Section 15-2-111 - DEBTS TO DECEDENT. - 15-2-111. DEBTS TO DECEDENT. A debt owed to the decedent...
Section 15-2-112 - ALIENAGE. - 15-2-112. ALIENAGE. No person is disqualified to take as an...
Section 15-2-114 - PERSONS RELATED TO DECEDENT THROUGH TWO LINES. - 15-2-114. PERSONS RELATED TO DECEDENT THROUGH TWO LINES. A person...
Part 2 - SUCCESSION OF QUASI-COMMUNITY PROPERTY — ELECTIVE SHARE OF SURVIVING SPOUSE
Section 15-2-201 - QUASI-COMMUNITY PROPERTY. - 15-2-201. QUASI-COMMUNITY PROPERTY. (a) Upon death of a married person...
Section 15-2-202 - AUGMENTED ESTATE. - 15-2-202. AUGMENTED ESTATE. Whenever a married person domiciled in the...
Section 15-2-203 - ELECTIVE RIGHT TO QUASI-COMMUNITY PROPERTY AND AUGMENTED ESTATE. - 15-2-203. ELECTIVE RIGHT TO QUASI-COMMUNITY PROPERTY AND AUGMENTED ESTATE. (a)...
Section 15-2-204 - RIGHT OF ELECTION PERSONAL. - 15-2-204. RIGHT OF ELECTION PERSONAL. The right of election of...
Section 15-2-205 - PROCEEDING FOR ELECTIVE SHARE — TIME LIMIT. - 15-2-205. PROCEEDING FOR ELECTIVE SHARE — TIME LIMIT. (a) The...
Section 15-2-206 - EFFECT OF ELECTION ON BENEFITS BY WILL OR STATUTE. - 15-2-206. EFFECT OF ELECTION ON BENEFITS BY WILL OR STATUTE....
Section 15-2-207 - LIABILITY OF OTHERS. - 15-2-207. LIABILITY OF OTHERS. (a) In a proceeding for an...
Section 15-2-208 - WAIVER. - 15-2-208. WAIVER. The right of election of a surviving spouse...
Section 15-2-209 - ELECTION OF NONDOMICILIARY. - 15-2-209. ELECTION OF NONDOMICILIARY. Upon the death of any married...
Part 3 - SPOUSE AND CHILDREN UNPROVIDED FOR IN WILLS
Section 15-2-301 - OMITTED SPOUSE. - 15-2-301. OMITTED SPOUSE. (a) If a testator fails to provide...
Section 15-2-302 - PRETERMITTED CHILDREN. - 15-2-302. PRETERMITTED CHILDREN. (a) If a testator fails to provide...
Part 4 - EXEMPT PROPERTY AND ALLOWANCES
Section 15-2-401 - APPLICABLE LAW. - 15-2-401. APPLICABLE LAW. This part applies to the estate of...
Section 15-2-402 - HOMESTEAD ALLOWANCE. - 15-2-402. HOMESTEAD ALLOWANCE. The homestead allowance is exempt from and...
Section 15-2-403 - EXEMPT PROPERTY. - 15-2-403. EXEMPT PROPERTY. In addition to any homestead allowance, the...
Section 15-2-405 - SOURCE — DETERMINATION — DOCUMENTATION — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. - 15-2-405. SOURCE — DETERMINATION — DOCUMENTATION — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. If...
Section 15-2-406 - LIMITATIONS ON EXEMPT PROPERTY AND HOMESTEAD ALLOWANCE BY WILL. - 15-2-406. LIMITATIONS ON EXEMPT PROPERTY AND HOMESTEAD ALLOWANCE BY WILL....
Part 5 - WILLS
Section 15-2-501 - WHO MAY MAKE A WILL. - 15-2-501. WHO MAY MAKE A WILL. Any emancipated minor or...
Section 15-2-502 - EXECUTION. - 15-2-502. EXECUTION. Except as provided for holographic wills, writings within...
Section 15-2-503 - HOLOGRAPHIC WILL. - 15-2-503. HOLOGRAPHIC WILL. A will which does not comply with...
Section 15-2-504 - SELF-PROVED WILL. - 15-2-504. SELF-PROVED WILL. (1) Any will may be simultaneously executed,...
Section 15-2-505 - WHO MAY WITNESS. - 15-2-505. WHO MAY WITNESS. (a) Any person eighteen (18) or...
Section 15-2-506 - CHOICE OF LAW AS TO EXECUTION. - 15-2-506. CHOICE OF LAW AS TO EXECUTION. A written will...
Section 15-2-507 - REVOCATION BY WRITING OR BY ACT. - 15-2-507. REVOCATION BY WRITING OR BY ACT. A will or...
Section 15-2-508 - REVOCATION BY DIVORCE — NO REVOCATION BY OTHER CHANGES OF CIRCUMSTANCES. - 15-2-508. REVOCATION BY DIVORCE — NO REVOCATION BY OTHER CHANGES...
Section 15-2-509 - REVIVAL OF REVOKED WILL. - 15-2-509. REVIVAL OF REVOKED WILL. (a) If a second will...
Section 15-2-510 - INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE. - 15-2-510. INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE. Any writing in existence when a...
Section 15-2-511 - TESTAMENTARY ADDITIONS TO TRUSTS. - 15-2-511. TESTAMENTARY ADDITIONS TO TRUSTS. (1) (a) A will may...
Section 15-2-512 - EVENTS OF INDEPENDENT SIGNIFICANCE. - 15-2-512. EVENTS OF INDEPENDENT SIGNIFICANCE. A will may dispose of...
Section 15-2-513 - SEPARATE WRITING IDENTIFYING BEQUEST OF TANGIBLE PROPERTY. - 15-2-513. SEPARATE WRITING IDENTIFYING BEQUEST OF TANGIBLE PROPERTY. Whether or...
Part 6 - RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
Section 15-2-601 - REQUIREMENT THAT DEVISEE SURVIVE TESTATOR BY 120 HOURS. - 15-2-601. REQUIREMENT THAT DEVISEE SURVIVE TESTATOR BY 120 HOURS. A...
Section 15-2-602 - CHOICE OF LAW AS TO MEANING AND EFFECT OF WILLS. - 15-2-602. CHOICE OF LAW AS TO MEANING AND EFFECT OF...
Section 15-2-603 - RULES OF CONSTRUCTION AND INTENTION. - 15-2-603. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION AND INTENTION. The intention of a...
Section 15-2-604 - CONSTRUCTION THAT WILL PASSES ALL PROPERTY — AFTER-ACQUIRED PROPERTY. - 15-2-604. CONSTRUCTION THAT WILL PASSES ALL PROPERTY — AFTER-ACQUIRED PROPERTY....
Section 15-2-605 - ANTI-LAPSE — DECEASED DEVISEE — CLASS GIFTS. - 15-2-605. ANTI-LAPSE — DECEASED DEVISEE — CLASS GIFTS. If a...
Section 15-2-606 - FAILURE OF TESTAMENTARY PROVISION. - 15-2-606. FAILURE OF TESTAMENTARY PROVISION. (a) Except as provided in...
Section 15-2-607 - CHANGE IN SECURITIES — ACCESSIONS — NONADEMPTION. - 15-2-607. CHANGE IN SECURITIES — ACCESSIONS — NONADEMPTION. (a) If...
Section 15-2-608 - NONADEMPTION OF SPECIFIC DEVISES IN CERTAIN CASES — UNPAID PROCEEDS OF SALE, CONDEMNATION OR INSURANCE — SALE BY CONSERVATOR. - 15-2-608. NONADEMPTION OF SPECIFIC DEVISES IN CERTAIN CASES — UNPAID...
Section 15-2-609 - NONEXONERATION. - 15-2-609. NONEXONERATION. A specific devise passes subject to any security...
Section 15-2-610 - EXERCISE OF POWER OF APPOINTMENT. - 15-2-610. EXERCISE OF POWER OF APPOINTMENT. A general residuary clause...
Section 15-2-611 - CONSTRUCTION OF GENERIC TERMS TO ACCORD WITH RELATIONSHIPS AS DEFINED FOR INTESTATE SUCCESSION. - 15-2-611. CONSTRUCTION OF GENERIC TERMS TO ACCORD WITH RELATIONSHIPS AS...
Section 15-2-612 - ADEMPTION BY SATISFACTION. - 15-2-612. ADEMPTION BY SATISFACTION. Property which a testator gave in...
Section 15-2-613 - SIMULTANEOUS DEATH — DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY. - 15-2-613. SIMULTANEOUS DEATH — DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY. Subject to extension...
Section 15-2-614 - EFFECT OF DEVISE. - 15-2-614. EFFECT OF DEVISE. Every devise in any will conveys...
Section 15-2-616 - RESTRICTION ON DEVISES TO NURSING HOME OR RESIDENTIAL OR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY OPERATORS. - 15-2-616. RESTRICTION ON DEVISES TO NURSING HOME OR RESIDENTIAL OR...
Part 7 - CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS RELATING TO DEATH
Section 15-2-701 - CONTRACTS CONCERNING SUCCESSION. - 15-2-701. CONTRACTS CONCERNING SUCCESSION. A contract to make a will...
Part 8 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 15-2-801 - RENUNCIATION. - 15-2-801. RENUNCIATION. (1) (a) A person or the representative of...
Section 15-2-802 - EFFECT OF DIVORCE, ANNULMENT, AND DECREE OF SEPARATION. - 15-2-802. EFFECT OF DIVORCE, ANNULMENT, AND DECREE OF SEPARATION. (a)...
Section 15-2-803 - EFFECT OF HOMICIDE ON DISTRIBUTION AT DEATH. - 15-2-803. EFFECT OF HOMICIDE ON DISTRIBUTION AT DEATH. (a) (1)...
Section 15-2-804 - REVOCATION OF PROBATE AND NONPROBATE TRANSFERS BY DIVORCE — NO REVOCATION BY OTHER CHANGES OF CIRCUMSTANCES. - 15-2-804. REVOCATION OF PROBATE AND NONPROBATE TRANSFERS BY DIVORCE —...
Part 9 - CUSTODY AND DEPOSIT OF WILLS
Section 15-2-902 - DUTY OF CUSTODIAN OF WILL — LIABILITY. - 15-2-902. DUTY OF CUSTODIAN OF WILL — LIABILITY. After the...
Part 10 - WILL REGISTRY
Section 15-2-1001 - WILL REGISTRY. - 15-2-1001. WILL REGISTRY. The secretary of state shall create and...