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S.B. 68

             1     

WORKERS' COMPENSATION - DEATH

             2     
BENEFITS

             3     
2008 GENERAL SESSION

             4     
STATE OF UTAH

             5     
Chief Sponsor: Karen Mayne

             6     
House Sponsor: Kory M. Holdaway

             7     
             8      LONG TITLE
             9      General Description:
             10          This bill excludes workers' compensation death benefits from inclusion in the
             11      augmented estate during probate.
             12      Highlighted Provisions:
             13          This bill:
             14          .    excludes workers' compensation death benefits from inclusion in the augmented
             15      estate during probate.
             16      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             17          None
             18      Other Special Clauses:
             19          None
             20      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             21      AMENDS:
             22          75-2-206, as repealed and reenacted by Laws of Utah 1998, Chapter 39
             23     
             24      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             25          Section 1. Section 75-2-206 is amended to read:
             26           75-2-206. Decedent's nonprobate transfers to the surviving spouse.
             27          Excluding property passing to the surviving spouse under the federal Social Security


             28      system, any death benefits paid to the surviving spouse under any state workers' compensation
             29      law, and property excluded under Section 75-2-208 , the value of the augmented estate includes
             30      the value of the decedent's nonprobate transfers to the decedent's surviving spouse, which
             31      consist of all property that passed outside probate at the decedent's death from the decedent to
             32      the surviving spouse by reason of the decedent's death, including:
             33          (1) the decedent's fractional interest in property held as a joint tenant with the right of
             34      survivorship, to the extent that the decedent's fractional interest passed to the surviving spouse
             35      as surviving joint tenant;
             36          (2) the decedent's ownership interest in property or accounts held in co-ownership
             37      registration with the right of survivorship, to the extent the decedent's ownership interest
             38      passed to the surviving spouse as surviving co-owner; and
             39          (3) all other property that would have been included in the augmented estate under
             40      Subsection 75-2-205 (1) or (2) had it passed to or for the benefit of a person other than the
             41      decedent's spouse, surviving spouse, the decedent, or the decedent's creditors, estate, or estate
             42      creditors.




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    as of 1-9-08 7:01 AM


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