TITLE 15

UNIFORM PROBATE CODE

CHAPTER 2

INTESTATE SUCCESSION — WILLS

PART 6.

RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

15-2-602.  Choice of law as to meaning and effect of wills. The meaning and legal effect of a disposition in a will shall be determined by the local law of a particular state selected by the testator in his instrument unless the application of that law is contrary to the provisions relating to the elective share described in 15-2-201 through 15-2-209, the provisions relating to the exempt property and allowances described in 15-2-401 through 15-2-405 or any other public policy of this state otherwise applicable to the disposition.

History:

[I.C., sec. 15-2-602, as added by 1971, ch. 111, sec. 1, p. 233; am. 1972, ch. 201, sec. 6, p. 510; am. 2001, ch. 294, sec. 7, p. 1042.]