This chapter applies to the disposition at death of the following property acquired by a married person: (1) All personal property, wherever situated: (i) Which was acquired as or became, and remained, community property under the laws of another jurisdiction; or (ii) All or the proportionate part of that property acquired with the rents, issues, […]
In determining whether this chapter applies to specific property, the following rebuttable presumptions apply: (1) Property acquired during marriage by a spouse of that marriage while domiciled in a jurisdiction under whose laws property could then be acquired as community property is presumed to have been acquired as or to have become, and remained, property […]
Upon the death of a married person, one-half (½) of the property to which this chapter applies is the property of the surviving spouse and is not subject to testamentary disposition by the decedent or distribution under the laws of succession of this state. One-half (½) of that property is the property of the decedent […]
If the title to any property to which this chapter applies was held by the decedent at the time of death, title of the surviving spouse may be perfected by an order of the court or by execution of an instrument by the personal representative or the heirs or devisees of the decedent with the […]
If the title to any property to which this chapter applies is held by the surviving spouse at the time of the decedent’s death, the personal representative or an heir or devisee of the decedent may institute an action to perfect title to the property. The personal representative has no fiduciary duty to discover or […]
(a) If a surviving spouse has apparent title to property to which this chapter applies, a purchaser for value or a lender taking a security interest in the property takes his interest in the property free of any rights of the personal representative or an heir or devisee of the decedent. (b) If a personal […]
This chapter does not affect rights of creditors with respect to property to which this chapter applies.
This chapter does not prevent married persons from severing or altering their interests in property to which this chapter applies.
This chapter does not authorize a person to dispose of property by will if it is held under limitations imposed by law preventing testamentary disposition by that person.
This chapter shall be so applied and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among those states which enact it.
This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act.”
This chapter shall become effective on October 1, 1981.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this chapter are repealed.
