2012 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 18-A: PROBATE CODE
Article 2: INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS
18-A §2-806. Effect of criminal conviction on intestate succession, wills, joint assets, beneficiary designations and other property acquisition when restitution is owed to the decedent

Part 8: GENERAL PROVISIONS

§2-806. Effect of criminal conviction on intestate succession, wills, joint assets, beneficiary designations and other property acquisition when restitution is owed to the decedent

A person who has been convicted of a crime of which the decedent was a victim is not entitled to the following benefits to the extent that the benefits do not exceed the amount of restitution the person owes to the decedent as a result of the sentence for the crime: [2011, c. 241, §2 (NEW).]

(a). Any benefits under the decedent's will or under this Article;

[ 2011, c. 241, §2 (NEW) .]

(b). Any property owned jointly with the decedent;

[ 2011, c. 241, §2 (NEW) .]

(c). Any benefit as a beneficiary of a bond, life insurance policy or other contractual arrangement in which the principal obligee or the person upon whose life the policy is issued is the decedent; and

[ 2011, c. 241, §2 (NEW) .]

(d). Any benefit from any acquisition of property in which the decedent had an interest.

[ 2011, c. 241, §2 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

2011, c. 241, §2 (NEW).