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2014 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 29A - UNIFORM PROBATE CODE
Chapter 02 - Intestate Succession And Wills
- § 29A-2-101 Intestate estate.
- § 29A-2-102 Share of the spouse.
- § 29A-2-103 Shares of heirs other than surviving spouse.
- § 29A-2-104 Requirement that heir survive decedent for 120 hours.
- § 29A-2-105 No taker.
- § 29A-2-106 Representation.
- § 29A-2-107 Kindred of half blood.
- § 29A-2-108 Afterborn heirs.
- § 29A-2-109 Advancements.
- § 29A-2-110 Debts to decedent.
- § 29A-2-111 Alienage.
- § 29A-2-112 Dower and curtesy abolished.
- § 29A-2-113 Individual related to decedent through two lines.
- § 29A-2-114 Parent and child relationships.PART 2. ELECTIVE SHARE OF SURVIVING SPOUSE.
- § 29A-2-201 Definitions.
- § 29A-2-202 Elective share.
- § 29A-2-203 Computation of augmented estate.
- § 29A-2-204 Decedent's net probate estate.
- § 29A-2-205 Decedent's nonprobate transfers to others.
- § 29A-2-206 Decedent's nonprobate transfers to surviving spouse.
- § 29A-2-207 Surviving spouse's property and nonprobate transfers to others.
- § 29A-2-208 Exclusions, valuation, and overlapping application.
- § 29A-2-209 Sources from which elective shares payable.
- § 29A-2-210 Personal liability of recipients.
- § 29A-2-211 Proceeding for elective share--Time limit.
- § 29A-2-212 Right of election personal to surviving spouse.
- § 29A-2-213 Waiver of right to elect and of other rights.
- § 29A-2-214 Protection of payors and other third parties.PART 3. SPOUSE AND CHILDREN UNPROVIDED FOR IN WILLS.
- § 29A-2-301 Entitlement of spouse--Premarital will.
- § 29A-2-302 Omitted children.PART 4. EXEMPT PROPERTY AND ALLOWANCES.
- § 29A-2-401 Applicable law.
- § 29A-2-402 Homestead allowance.
- § 29A-2-403 Family allowance.PART 5. WILLS, WILL CONTRACTS, AND CUSTODY AND DEPOSIT OF WILLS.
- § 29A-2-501 Who may make a will.
- § 29A-2-502 Holographic will--Validity of non-holographic will--Establishing intent.
- § 29A-2-503 Writings intended as wills, etc.
- § 29A-2-504 Self-proved will.
- § 29A-2-505 Who may witness.
- § 29A-2-506 Choice of law as to execution.
- § 29A-2-507 Revocation by writing or by act.
- § 29A-2-508 Revocation by change of circumstances.
- § 29A-2-509 Revival of revoked will.
- § 29A-2-510 Incorporation by reference.
- § 29A-2-511 Testamentary additions to trusts.
- § 29A-2-512 Events of independent significance.
- § 29A-2-513 Separate writing identifying devise of certain types of tangible personal property.
- § 29A-2-514 Contracts concerning succession.
- § 29A-2-515 Deposit of will with court in testator's lifetime.
- § 29A-2-516 Duty of custodian of will--Liability.
- § 29A-2-517 Penalty clause for contest.PART 6. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION APPLICABLE ONLY TO WILLS.
- § 29A-2-601 Scope.
- § 29A-2-602 Will may pass all property and after-acquired property.
- § 29A-2-603 Anti-lapse--Deceased devisee--Class gifts.
- § 29A-2-604 Failure of testamentary provision.
- § 29A-2-605 Increase in securities--Accessions.
- § 29A-2-606 Nonademption of specific devises--Unpaid proceeds of sale, condemnation, or insurance--Sale by conservator or agent.
- § 29A-2-607 Nonexoneration.
- § 29A-2-608 Exercise of power of appointment.
- § 29A-2-609 Ademption by satisfaction.PART 7. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION APPLICABLE TO WILLS AND OTHER GOVERNINGINSTRUMENTS.
- § 29A-2-701 Scope.
- § 29A-2-702 Requirement of survival by 120 hours.
- § 29A-2-703 Choice of law as to meaning and effect of governing instrument.
- § 29A-2-704 Power of appointment--Meaning of specific reference requirement.
- § 29A-2-705 Class gifts construed to accord with intestate succession.
- § 29A-2-706 Reserved.
- § 29A-2-707 Survivorship with respect to future interests under terms of trust.
- § 29A-2-708 Class gifts to "descendants," "issue," or "heirs of the body"--Form of distribution if nonespecified.
- § 29A-2-709 Distribution by representation or per stirpes.
- § 29A-2-710 Worthier-title doctrine abolished.
- § 29A-2-711 Interest in "heirs" and like.PART 8. GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING PROBATE AND NONPROBATETRANSFERS.
- § 29A-2-801 Disclaimer of property interest.
- § 29A-2-802 Effect of divorce, annulment, and decree of separation.
- § 29A-2-803 Effect of homicide on intestate succession, wills, trusts, joint assets, life insurance, andbeneficiary designations.
- § 29A-2-804 Revocation of probate and nonprobate transfers by divorce--No revocation by otherchanges of circumstances.
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