§ 320. Effect of divorce order
A final divorce or dissolution order from any state shall nullify a gift by will to an individual who was the decedent’s spouse at the time the will was executed and any nomination of the spouse as executor, executrix, trustee, guardian, or other fiduciary as named in the will, if the decedent was no longer married to or in a civil union with that individual at the time of death, unless the decedent’s will specifically states to the contrary. (Added 2009, No. 55, § 5, eff. June 1, 2009; amended 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Chapter 42 - Descent and Survivors' Rights
§ 302. Dower and curtesy abolished
§ 311. Share of surviving spouse
§ 312. Surviving spouse to receive household goods
§ 313. Surviving spouse; vessel, snowmobile, or all-terrain vehicle
§ 314. Share of heirs other than surviving spouse
§ 315. Parent and child relationship
§ 316. Allowances for surviving spouse and family during administration
§ 317. Allowance to children before payment of debts
§ 318. Allowance to children after payment of debts
§ 319. Elective share of surviving spouse; notice of rights
§ 320. Effect of divorce order
§ 321. Conveyance to defeat spouse’s interest
§ 322. Unlawful killing affecting inheritance
§ 323. Written waiver of spousal rights
§ 331. Degrees; how computed: kindred of half-blood
§ 332. Share of afterborn child
§ 333. Share of child or descendant of child omitted from will
§ 334. Afterborn and omitted child; from what part of estate share taken
§ 335. Beneficiary dying before testator; descendants to take
§ 336. Individual absent and unheard of; share of estate
§ 337. Requirement that individual survive decedent for 120 hours
§ 338. Distribution; order in which assets appropriated; abatement