PROBATE

  Foreign, as executor, 223.12

U. S. and state estate taxes, 72.60 to 72.64

Wards, see Guardian and Ward

Widow or widower, see Surviving Spouses

Wills, see Wills

PROBATE 2. Intestate Succession 2. Intestate Succession
Generally, Ch. 852

Advancements, valuation, 852.11

Allowance to spouse, 852.01 (1) (a)

Basic rules, 852.01 (1)

Child of advanced child, 852.11

Disclaimer of share, 852.13, 853.40

Escheat, 852.01 (3)

Fraud of surviving spouse, transfer of rights in property, 861.17

Half blood relatives, 852.03 (3)

Heir must survive decedent for 72 hours, 852.01 (2)

Homestead, assignment as part of share of surviving spouse, 852.09

  Definition, 852.09 (2)

Individual property estate, clarification, 852.01 (1) (a) 2

Killing the deceased intentionally, requirement that heir not have, 852.01 (2m)

Kinship, computing degrees, 852.03 (2)

Next of kin, 852.01 (1)

Nonmarital children, status, 852.05

Personal property, 852.01 (1)

Posthumous heirs, 852.03 (4)

Real property, 852.01 (1)

Representation, defined, 852.03 (1)

Spouse, assignment of home as part of share, 852.09

Survival requirement of 72 hours, 852.01 (2)

Surviving spouse, right in nondomiciliary decedent's real property in this state, 861.20

PROBATE 3. Wills 3. Wills
Generally, Ch. 853

Ademption by extinction, abolishment in certain cases, 853.35

Admission to probate, notation on will, 856.19

Advancements, 853.19

After-acquired property, 853.29

Annuity contract, effect of will provision changing beneficiary, 853.17

Annulment, automatic revocation, 853.11 (3)

Anti-lapse statute, 853.27

Attestation, 853.03, 853.07

Basic will and basic will with trust, see Wills

Beneficiary, equitable election if will disposes of property belonging to another beneficiary, 853.15

  Life insurance or annuity, effect of will provision changing, 853.17

  Not to have intentionally killed the deceased, exception provision, 853.11 (3m)

Bond of personal representative, 856.25

Capacity to make or revoke, 853.01

Child omitted by mistake, 853.25

Children born or adopted after, 853.25

Codicil, may alter or revoke, 853.11

Condemnation award, non-ademption, 853.35 (4)

Construction, after-acquired property, 853.29

  Doctrine of equitable election, 853.15

  Non-ademption of specific gifts in certain cases, 853.35

  Securities construed as specific gifts, 853.33, 853.35 (6)

  Testator's entire interest passes, 853.31

  When contractual, 853.13

Contractual, when, 853.13

Court announce possession, deliver, 856.03

Death of beneficiary, rights of issue, 853.27

Deferred marital property, election; equitable election doctrine, 853.15 (1)

Delivery to court after death, 856.05

Dependent relative revocation, 853.11 (5)

Deposit with register of probate, 853.09

Divorce, automatic revocation, 853.11 (3)

Equitable election if will disposes of property belonging to beneficiary, 853.15

Execution, outside the state, 853.05

  Nonresidents within this state, 853.05

  Witnesses, 853.03, 853.07

Foreign executed, 853.05

Gift, how construed, 853.31

  Non-ademption of specific in certain cases, 853.35

  Securities construed as specific, 853.33, 853.35 (6)

  When advancement, valuation, 853.19

  When not to lapse, 853.27

Insurance on property, proceeds, non-ademption, 853.35 (2)

Inter vivos gifts, when advancement, 853.19

Issue, unintentional failure to provide for, 853.25

Joint wills, 853.13

Lapse statute, 853.27

Life insurance, effect of will provision changing beneficiary, 853.17

Marriage, subsequent, may revoke, 853.11 (2)

Non-ademption of specific gifts, 853.35

Nonresidents execution, within this state, 853.05

Opened by court, delivery, 856.03

Proof, lost or destroyed, 856.17

  Necessary to pass estate, 856.13

  Outside county, 856.15 (2) to (4)

  Where uncontested, 856.15

Property, sale proceeds, non-ademption, 853.35 (3)

Proxy signing, requirements, 853.03

Requirements of execution, 853.03