§42-5-6. Article Does Not Apply if Decedent Provides Otherwise
This article shall not apply in the case of wills, living trusts, deeds, or contracts of insurance wherein provision has been made for distribution of property different from the provisions of this article.
§42-5-7. Uniformity of Interpretation
This article shall be so construed and interpreted as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law in those states which enact it.
§42-5-8. Short Title
This article may be cited as the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act.
§42-5-9. Repeal of Inconsistent Laws
All laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this article are hereby repealed.
§42-5-10. Severability
If any of the provisions of this article or the application thereof to any persons or circumstances is held invalid such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the article which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end the provisions of this article are declared to […]
§42-6-1. Short Title
This article may be cited as the "Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act".
§42-3-3a. Waiver of Right to Elect; Other Rights
(a) The right of election of a surviving spouse may be waived, wholly or partially, before or after marriage, by a written contract, agreement, or waiver signed by the surviving spouse. (b) A surviving spouse's waiver is not enforceable if the surviving spouse proves that: (1) He or she did not execute the waiver voluntarily; […]
§42-3-4. Proceeding for Elective Share; Time Limit
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the election must be made by filing in the court and mailing or delivering to the personal representative, if any, a petition for the elective share within nine months after the date of the decedent's death, or within six months after the probate of the […]
§42-3-6. Charging Spouse With Owned Assets and Gifts Received; Liability of Others for Balance of Elective Share
(a) In a proceeding for an elective share, the following are applied first to satisfy the elective-share amount and to reduce or eliminate any contributions due from the decedent's probate estate and recipients of the decedent's reclaimable estate: (1) Amounts included in the augmented estate which pass or have passed to the surviving spouse by […]
§42-3-7. Entitlement of Spouse; Premarital Will
(a) If a testator's surviving spouse married the testator after the testator executed his or her will, the surviving spouse is entitled to receive, as an intestate share no less than the value of the share of the estate he or she would have received if the testator had died intestate as to that portion […]