§ 3-3.1 What a testamentary disposition includes Unless the will provides otherwise, a disposition by the testator of all his property passes all of the property he was entitled to dispose of at the time of his death.
§ 3-3.2 Competence of attesting witness who is beneficiary; application to nuncupative will (a) An attesting witness to a will to whom a beneficial disposition or appointment of property is made is a competent witness and compellable to testify respecting the execution of such will as if no such disposition or appointment had been made, […]
§ 3-3.3 Disposition to issue or brothers or sisters of testator not to lapse; application to class dispositions (a) Unless the will whenever executed provides otherwise: (1) Instruments executed prior to September first, nineteen hundred ninety-two. Whenever a testamentary disposition including a disposition of a future estate other than a future estate subject to a […]
§ 3-3.4 Consequences of partly ineffective testamentary dispositions of property to two or more residuary beneficiaries Whenever a testamentary disposition of property to two or more residuary beneficiaries is ineffective in part, as of the date of the testator’s death, and the provisions of 3-3.3 do not apply to such ineffective part of the residuary […]
§ 3-3.5 Conditions qualifying dispositions; conditions against contest; limitations thereon (a) A condition qualifying a disposition of property is operative despite the failure of the testator to provide for an alternative gift to take effect upon the breach or non-occurrence of such condition. (b) A condition, designed to prevent a disposition from taking effect in […]
§ 3-3.6 Encumbrances on property of decedent or on proceeds of insurance policy on life of decedent not chargeable against assets of decedent’s estate (a) Where any property, subject, at the time of decedent’s death, to any lien, security interest or other charge, including a lien for unpaid purchase money, is specifically disposed of by […]
§ 3-3.7 Testamentary disposition to trustee under, or in accordance with terms of existing inter vivos trust (a) A testator may by will dispose of or appoint all or any part of such testator’s estate to a trustee of a trust, the terms of which are evidenced by a written instrument executed by the testator, […]
§ 3-3.8 Validity of a purchase of real property notwithstanding its disposition by will The title of a purchaser of real property, in good faith and for valuable consideration, from a distributee of a person who died owning such property shall not be affected by a testamentary disposition of such property by the decedent, unless […]
§ 3-3.9 Testamentary direction to purchase annuities If a testator directs in his will the purchase of an annuity, the beneficiaries to whom the income thereof is to be paid may not elect to take the capital sum directed to be used for the purchase of such annuity in lieu thereof, unless the will expressly […]
