2019 Arkansas Code
Title 28 - Wills, Estates, and Fiduciary Relationships
Subtitle 4 - Administration of Decedents' Estates
Chapter 53 - Distribution and Discharge
Subchapter 2 - Transfers to Surviving Spouses
§ 28-53-204. Assets Distributed to Be Representative of Appreciation or Depreciation of All Assets

Universal Citation: AR Code § 28-53-204 (2019)

A provision in a last will and testament or trust instrument that an executor or fiduciary authorized or required by its terms to satisfy a pecuniary bequest or transfer in trust with assets in kind at their federal estate tax values or at any values other than fair market values at date of distribution or allocation shall act fairly or equitably or not arbitrarily in satisfying the bequest or transfer, shall be deemed, in the absence of clear provisions to the contrary, to be a direction to distribute or allocate assets, including cash, fairly representative, on the date of distribution or allocation, of the appreciation or depreciation in the value of all property available for distribution or allocation.

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