SB222 Alabama 2015 Session
Signed by Governor
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2015
Title
Probate, inheritance, ownership of certain inter-vivos assets upon divorce or annulment
Description
<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, a person who is divorced
from a decedent is not considered a surviving
spouse for purposes of inheritance through a will;
however, the law is silent as to the passage of
assets through other devices or payable on death
instruments</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would provide for inheritance of
certain documents such as revocable inter-vivos
trusts, life-insurance and retirement-plan
beneficiary designations, transfer-on-death
accounts, and other revocable dispositions to the
former spouse that the divorced individual
established before the divorce or annulment</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would also provide that the
interests of the former spouses in property that
they held at the time of the divorce or annulment
as joint tenants with the right of survivorship are
severed and their co-ownership interests become
tenancies in common</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To provide for revocation of certain transferable
interests in property in the event of divorce or annulment;
and to provide that where former spouses held property as
joint tenants at the time of divorce or annulment, the
property interest becomes a tenancy in common upon divorce or
annulment.
</p>
Subjects
Court, Probate
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2015 | S | Assigned Act No. 2015-312. |
| May 28, 2015 | S | Enrolled |
| May 28, 2015 | H | Signature Requested |
| May 28, 2015 | H | Concurred in Second House Amendment |
| May 28, 2015 | S | Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1290 |
| May 28, 2015 | S | Concurrence Requested |
| May 28, 2015 | H | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1177 |
| May 28, 2015 | H | Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1176 |
| May 28, 2015 | H | Judiciary Amendment Offered |
| May 28, 2015 | H | Third Reading Passed |
| May 14, 2015 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment |
| May 5, 2015 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary |
| May 5, 2015 | S | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 810 |
| May 5, 2015 | S | Third Reading Passed |
| March 18, 2015 | S | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| March 12, 2015 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary |
Bill Calendar
| Type | Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearing | May 13, 2015 | Room 429 at 19:00 | House JUDY Hearing |
| Hearing | March 18, 2015 | Room 325 at 13:00 | Senate JUDY Hearing |
Bill Text
Bill Votes
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | SB222 Alabama 2015 Session - Introduced |
| Bill Text | SB222 Alabama 2015 Session - Enrolled |