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2010 Maine Code
TITLE 18-A: PROBATE CODE
Article 2: INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS
- Part 1: INTESTATE SUCCESSION
- 18-A §2-101. Intestate estate
- 18-A §2-102. Share of spouse or registered domestic partner
- 18-A §2-103. Share of heirs other than surviving spouse or surviving registered domestic partner
- 18-A §2-104. Requirement that heir survive decedent for 120 hours
- 18-A §2-105. No taker
- 18-A §2-106. Per capita at each generation
- 18-A §2-107. Kindred of half blood
- 18-A §2-108. Afterborn heirs
- 18-A §2-109. Meaning of child and related terms
- 18-A §2-110. Advancements
- 18-A §2-111. Debts to decedent
- 18-A §2-112. Alienage
- 18-A §2-113. Dower and curtesy abolished
- 18-A §2-114. Persons related to decedent through 2 lines Part 2: ELECTIVE SHARE OF SURVIVING SPOUSE
- 18-A §2-201. Right to elective share
- 18-A §2-202. Augmented estate
- 18-A §2-203. Right of election personal to surviving spouse
- 18-A §2-204. Waiver of right to elect and of other rights
- 18-A §2-205. Proceeding for elective share; time limit
- 18-A §2-206. Effect of election on benefits provided by statute
- 18-A §2-207. Charging spouse with gifts received; liability of others for balance of elective share Part 3: SPOUSE AND CHILDREN UNPROVIDED FOR IN WILLS
- 18-A §2-301. Omitted spouse
- 18-A §2-302. Pretermitted children Part 4: EXEMPT PROPERTY AND ALLOWANCES
- 18-A §2-401. Homestead allowance
- 18-A §2-402. Exempt property
- 18-A §2-403. Family allowance
- 18-A §2-404. Source, determination and documentation
- 18-A §2-405. Estate property exempt Part 5: WILLS
- 18-A §2-501. Who may make a will
- 18-A §2-502. Execution
- 18-A §2-503. Holographic will
- 18-A §2-504. Self-proved will
- 18-A §2-505. Who may witness
- 18-A §2-506. Choice of law as to execution
- 18-A §2-507. Revocation by writing or by act
- 18-A §2-508. Revocation by divorce; no revocation by other changes of circumstances
- 18-A §2-509. Revival of revoked will
- 18-A §2-510. Incorporation by reference
- 18-A §2-511. Testamentary additions to trusts
- 18-A §2-512. Events of independent significance
- 18-A §2-513. Separate writing identifying bequest of tangible property
- 18-A §2-514. Statutory wills Part 6: RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
- 18-A §2-601. Requirement that devisee survive testator by 120 hours
- 18-A §2-602. Choice of law as to meaning and effect of wills
- 18-A §2-603. Rules of construction and intention
- 18-A §2-604. Construction that will passes all property; after-acquired property
- 18-A §2-605. Anti-lapse; deceased devisee; class gifts
- 18-A §2-606. Failure of testamentary provision
- 18-A §2-607. Change in securities; accessions; nonademption
- 18-A §2-608. Nonademption of specific devises in certain cases; unpaid proceeds of sale, condemnation or insurance; sale by conservator
- 18-A §2-609. Nonexoneration
- 18-A §2-610. Exercise of power of appointment
- 18-A §2-611. Construction of generic terms in wills and trust instruments
- 18-A §2-612. Ademption by satisfaction Part 7: CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS RELATING TO DEATH SEE ALSO ARTICLE 6
- 18-A §2-701. Contracts concerning succession Part 8: GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 18-A §2-801. Renunciation of property interests
- 18-A §2-802. Effect of divorce, annulment and decree of separation
- 18-A §2-803. Effect of homicide on intestate succession, wills, joint assets, life insurance and beneficiary designations
- 18-A §2-804. Actions for wrongful death
- 18-A §2-805. Simultaneous death Part 9: CUSTODY AND DEPOSIT OF WILLS
- 18-A §2-901. Disposition of will deposited with court
- 18-A §2-902. Duty of custodian of will; liability
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