Utah Code 75-2-207. Surviving spouse’s property and nonprobate transfers to others — Included property — Time of valuation
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(1) Except to the extent included in the augmented estate under Section 75-2-204 or 75-2-206 or excluded under Section 75-2-208 , the value of the augmented estate includes the value of:
Terms Used In Utah Code 75-2-207
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Estate: includes the property of the decedent, trust, or other person whose affairs are subject to this title as originally constituted and as it exists from time to time during administration. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
- Exempt property: means that property of a decedent's estate which is described in Section
75-2-403 . See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2 - Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
- Property: includes values subject to a beneficiary designation. See Utah Code 75-2-201
- Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners.
- Security: includes any note, stock, treasury stock, bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest, or participation in an oil, gas, or mining title or lease or in payments out of production under such a title or lease, collateral trust certificate, transferable share, voting trust certificate, and, in general, any interest or instrument commonly known as a security, or any certificate of interest or participation, any temporary or interim certificate, receipt, or certificate of deposit for, or any warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase, any of the foregoing. See Utah Code 75-1-201 v2
(1)(a) property that was owned by the decedent‘s surviving spouse at the decedent’s death, including:
(1)(a)(i) the surviving spouse’s fractional interest in property held in joint tenancy with the right of survivorship;
(1)(a)(ii) the surviving spouse’s ownership interest in property or accounts held in co-ownership registration with the right of survivorship; and
(1)(a)(iii) property that passed to the surviving spouse by reason of the decedent’s death, but not including the spouse’s right to homestead allowance, family allowance, exempt property, or payments under the federal Social Security system; and
(1)(b) property that would have been included in the surviving spouse’s nonprobate transfers to others, other than the spouse’s fractional and ownership interests included under Subsection (1)(a)(i) or (ii) , had the spouse been the decedent.
(2) Property included under this section is valued at the decedent’s death, taking the fact that the decedent predeceased the spouse into account, but, for purposes of Subsections (1)(a)(i) and (ii) , the values of the spouse’s fractional and ownership interests are determined immediately before the decedent’s death if the decedent was then a joint tenant or a co-owner of the property or accounts. For purposes of Subsection (1)(b) , proceeds of insurance that would have been included in the spouse’s nonprobate transfers to others under Subsection 75-2-205(1)(d) are not valued as if the spouse were deceased.
(3) The value of property included under this section is reduced by enforceable claims against the surviving spouse.