SB222 Alabama 2015 Session
Bill Summary
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
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
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
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.
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 - Enrolled |
| Bill Text | SB222 Alabama 2015 Session - Introduced |