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14 V.S.A. § 118
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 3 - Probate and Procedure for Construction of Wills|§ 118. Referral to Superior Court

§ 118. Referral to Superior Court|The Probate Division of the Superior Court may, on its own motion or upon motion of an interested person, refer a matter directly to the Civil Division of the Superior Court for the purpose of conserving judicial resources. The Probate Division shall consult with and obtain the consent of the Civil Division before making a transfer pursuant to this section. A decision of the Civil Division whether to consent to a transfer under this section shall be final and shall not be appealed. (Added 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
14 V.S.A. § 131
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 4 - International Wills|§ 131. Definitions

§ 131. Definitions|As used in this chapter:  (1) "International will" means a will executed pursuant to the requirements of this chapter. (2) "Authorized person" and "person authorized to act in connection with international wills" means a person who is authorized to supervise the execution of international wills pursuant to this chapter or federal law, including a member of the diplomatic and consular service of the United States designated by Foreign Service Regulations. (Added 2019, No. 11, § 1.)
14 V.S.A. § 132
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 4 - International Wills|§ 132. Validity

§ 132. Validity|(a) A will made in the form of an international will in compliance with the requirements of this chapter shall be valid with regard to form, irrespective of the place where it is made, the location of the assets, or the nationality, domicile, or residence of the testator.(b) The invalidity of a will as an international will shall not affect its formal validity as a will of another kind.(c) This chapter shall not apply to the form of testamentary dispositions made by two or more persons in one instrument. (Added 2019, No. 11, § 1.)
14 V.S.A. § 133
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 4 - International Wills|§ 133. Requirements

§ 133. Requirements|(a) An international will shall comply with the following requirements:  (1) The will shall be in writing. It need not be written by the testator, and may be written in any language, by hand or by any other means. (2) The testator shall declare in the presence of two or more witnesses and of a person authorized to act in connection with international wills that the document is the testator's will and that the testator knows its contents. The testator is not required to inform the witnesses or the authorized person of the contents of the will. (3) The testator shall sign the will in the presence of the witnesses and the authorized person. If the testator has previously signed the will, the testator shall acknowledge his or her signature in the presence of the witnesses and the authorized person. (4) If the testator is unable to sign, the absence of his or her signature shall not affect the validity of the international will if the testator indicates the reason for his or her inability to sign and the authorized person notes it in the will. Although it is not required, in such cases any other person present, including the authorized person or one of the witnesses, may at the direction of the testator sign the testator's name for him or her. If another person signs for the testator, the authorized person shall note it in the will. (5) The witnesses shall attest the will by signing it in the presence of the testator and each other. (Added 2019, No. 11, § 1.)
14 V.S.A. § 134
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 4 - International Wills|§ 134. Other points of form

§ 134. Other points of form|(a) The signatures shall be placed at the end of the will. If the will consists of more than one sheet, each sheet shall be numbered and signed by the testator or, if he or she is unable to sign, by the person signing on the testator's behalf. If no person signs on the testator's behalf, the authorized person shall sign each sheet.(b) The date of the will shall be the date of its signature by the authorized person, who shall note the date at the end of the will.(c) The authorized person shall ask the testator whether he or she wishes to make a declaration concerning the safekeeping of the testator's will. If the testator makes such a declaration, the place where he or she intends to have his or her will kept shall be stated in the authorized person's certificate required by section 135 of this title.(d) A will executed in compliance with section 133 of this title shall not be invalid because it does not comply with this section. (Added 2019, No. 11, § 1.)
14 V.S.A. § 135
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 4 - International Wills|§ 135. Certificate

§ 135. Certificate|(a) The authorized person shall sign and attach to the will a certificate establishing that there has been compliance with the requirements of this chapter for valid execution of an international will. The authorized person shall keep a copy of the certificate and deliver another copy to the testator.(b) The certificate required by this section shall be in substantially the following form: CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORIZED PERSON    I, ____________ (name, address, and capacity), a person authorized to act in connection with international wills, certify that on __________ (date), at ___________ (place), testator________ (testator's name, address, and date and place of birth),  in my presence and that of the witnesses ____________ (name, address, and place and date of birth of first witness) and ____________ (name, address, and place and date of  birth of second witness) has declared that the attached document is his or her will and that he or she knows its contents.  I further certify that:     (1) In my presence and in that of the witnesses:       (A) the testator has signed the will or has acknowledged his or her signature previously affixed; or       (B) (If Necessary) following a declaration of the testator stating that he or she was unable to sign his or her will for the following reason ________, I have mentioned this declaration in the will and the signature has been affixed by _________________ (name and address).     (2) The witnesses and I have signed the will.     (3) Each page of the will has been signed by ________ and numbered.     (4) I have satisfied myself as to the identity of the testator and of the witnesses as designated above.     (5) The witnesses met the conditions requisite to act as such according to the  law under which I am acting.     (6) (If Necessary) The testator has requested me to include the following statement concerning the safekeeping of his or her will: ________.    _______________________________________________________________    (SIGNATURE, DATE AND PLACE OF EXECUTION)  (Added 2019, No. 11, § 1.)
14 V.S.A. § 136
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 4 - International Wills|§ 136. Effect of certificate

§ 136. Effect of certificate|In the absence of contrary evidence, a certificate by an authorized person that complies with the requirements of section 135 of this title shall be conclusive as to the formal validity of the instrument as a will under this chapter. The absence or irregularity of a certificate by an authorized person shall not affect the validity of a will under this chapter. (Added 2019, No. 11, § 1.)
14 V.S.A. § 137
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 4 - International Wills|§ 137. Revocation

§ 137. Revocation|An international will may be revoked in any manner permitted by section 11 of this title. (Added 2019, No. 11, § 1.)
14 V.S.A. § 138
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 4 - International Wills|§ 138. Source and construction

§ 138. Source and construction|Sections 131-137 of this chapter are derived from the Annex to the Convention on Providing a Uniform Law on the Form of an International Will, October 26, 1973. When interpreting and applying this chapter, courts shall be guided by its international origin and by the need for uniformity in its interpretation. (Added 2019, No. 11, § 1.)
14 V.S.A. § 139
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 4 - International Wills|§ 139. Authorized persons

§ 139. Authorized persons|A person who is admitted in good standing and has an active law license to practice law in this State shall be an authorized person in relation to international wills. (Added 2019, No. 11, § 1.)
14 V.S.A. § 140
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 4 - International Wills|§ 140. Self proved

§ 140. Self proved|A will that meets the requirements of this chapter is self-proved and shall be allowed by the probate court. (Added 2019, No. 11, § 1.)
14 V.S.A. § 202
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 5 - Notice, Parties, and Representation in Estate Litigation and Other Matters|§ 202. When parties bound by others

§ 202. When parties bound by others|In judicial proceedings involving trusts under this title or estates of decedents, minors, or persons under guardianship, the following apply:  (1) Persons are bound by orders binding others in the following cases:  (A) Orders binding the sole holder or all co-holders of a power of revocation or a presently exercisable general power of appointment, including one in the form of a power of amendment, bind other persons to the extent their interests (as objects, takers in default, or otherwise) are subject to the power. (B) To the extent there is no conflict of interest between them or among persons represented, orders binding a guardian bind the person whose estate he or she controls; orders binding a trustee bind beneficiaries of the trust in proceedings to probate a will establishing or adding to a trust, to review the acts or accounts of a prior fiduciary and in proceedings involving creditors or other third parties; and orders binding a personal representative bind persons interested in the undistributed assets of a decedent's estate in actions or proceedings by or against the estate. If there is no conflict of interest and no guardian has been appointed, a parent may represent his or her minor child. (C) An unborn or unascertained person who is not otherwise represented is bound by an order to the extent his or her interest is adequately represented by another party having a substantially identical interest in the proceeding.  (2) At any point in a proceeding, a Probate Division of the Superior Court may appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the interest of a minor, an incapacitated, unborn, or unascertained person, or a person whose identity or address is unknown, if the court determines that representation of the interest otherwise would be inadequate. If not precluded by conflict of interests, a guardian ad litem may be appointed to represent several persons or interests. The court shall set out its reasons for appointing a guardian ad litem as a part of the record of the proceeding. (3) Parties shall be those persons so defined by the Rules of Probate Procedure. (Added 1975, No. 240 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; amended 1985, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 24; 2009, No. 20, § 6; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)
14 V.S.A. § 203
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 5 - Notice, Parties, and Representation in Estate Litigation and Other Matters|§ 203. Probate proceedings; service; jurisdiction over persons

§ 203. Probate proceedings; service; jurisdiction over persons|In proceedings within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Probate Division of the Superior Court where notice is required, interested persons may be bound by the orders of the court in respect to property in or subject to the laws of this State by notice in conformity with law or the Rules of Probate Procedure. An order is binding as to all who are given notice of the proceeding though less than all interested persons are notified. (Added 1975, No. 240 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; amended 1985, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 25; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 121, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)
14 V.S.A. § 204
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 5 - Notice, Parties, and Representation in Estate Litigation and Other Matters|§ 204. Definitions

§ 204. Definitions|As used in this title:  (1) "Interested person" includes heirs, devisees, legatees, children, spouses, creditors, beneficiaries, and any others having a property right in or claim against a trust estate or the estate of a decedent, or person under guardianship that may be affected by the proceeding. It also includes persons having priority for appointment as executor or administrator, and other fiduciaries representing interested persons. The parties at commencement of a probate proceeding shall include all interested persons. The meaning as it relates to particular persons may vary from time to time and shall be determined by the Rules of Probate Procedure. (2) "Fiduciary" includes executor, administrator, special administrator, trustee, conservator, guardian of a minor, guardian of a spendthrift, voluntary guardian of a person who has an infirmity and total or limited guardian of an adult with a developmental disability, but excludes one who is merely a guardian ad litem. (3) "Special fiduciary" means an individual appointed as provided by the Rules of Probate Procedure to assume the duties of a fiduciary suspended by the court. (4) "Executor" includes administrator with the will annexed. (Added 1975, No. 240 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; amended 1985, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 26; 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 62.)
14 V.S.A. § 301
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 42 - Descent and Survivors' Rights|§ 301. Intestate estate

§ 301. Intestate estate|(a) Any part of a decedent's estate not effectively disposed of by will passes by intestate succession to the decedent's heirs, except as modified by the decedent's will.(b) A decedent's will may expressly exclude or limit the right of an individual or a class to inherit property. If such an individual or member of such a class survives the decedent, the share of the decedent's intestate estate that would have passed to that individual or member of such a class passes subject to any such limitation or exclusion set forth in the will.(c) Nothing in this section shall preclude the surviving spouse of the decedent from making the election and receiving the benefits provided by section 319 of this title. (Added 2009, No. 55, § 5, eff. June 1, 2009.)
14 V.S.A. § 302
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 42 - Descent and Survivors' Rights|§ 302. Dower and curtesy abolished

§ 302. Dower and curtesy abolished|The estates of dower and curtesy are abolished. (Added 2009, No. 55, § 5, eff. June 1, 2009)
14 V.S.A. § 303
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 42 - Descent and Survivors' Rights|§ 303. Afterborn heirs

§ 303. Afterborn heirs|For purposes of this chapter and chapter 1 of this title relating to wills, an individual in gestation at a particular time is treated as living at that time if the individual lives 120 hours or more after birth. (Added 2009, No. 55, § 5, eff. June 1, 2009.)
14 V.S.A. § 311
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 42 - Descent and Survivors' Rights|§ 311. Share of surviving spouse

§ 311. Share of surviving spouse|After payment of the debts, funeral charges, allowances to the surviving spouse and children pursuant to sections 316 and 317 of this title, and expenses of administration, the intestate share of the decedent's surviving spouse is as follows:  (1) The surviving spouse shall receive the entire intestate estate if no descendant of the decedent survives the decedent or if all of the decedent's surviving descendants are also descendants of the surviving spouse. (2) In the event there shall survive the decedent one or more descendants of the decedent who are not descendants of the surviving spouse and are not excluded by the decedent's will from inheriting from the decedent, the surviving spouse shall receive one-half of the intestate estate. (Added 2009, No. 55, § 5, eff. June 1, 2009; amended 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
14 V.S.A. § 312
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 42 - Descent and Survivors' Rights|§ 312. Surviving spouse to receive household goods

§ 312. Surviving spouse to receive household goods|Upon motion, the surviving spouse of a decedent may receive out of the decedent's estate all furnishings and furniture in the decedent's household. If any objection is made, the Probate Division of the Superior Court shall decide what, if any, of such personalty shall pass under this section. Goods and effects so assigned shall be in addition to the distributive share of the estate to which the surviving spouse is entitled under other provisions of law. In making a determination pursuant to this section, the Probate Division of the Superior Court may consider the length of the decedent's marriage or civil union, the sentimental and monetary value of the property, and the source of the decedent's interest in the property. (Added 2009, No. 55, § 5, eff. June 1, 2009; amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
14 V.S.A. § 313
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 42 - Descent and Survivors' Rights|§ 313. Surviving spouse; vessel, snowmobile, or all-terrain vehicle

§ 313. Surviving spouse; vessel, snowmobile, or all-terrain vehicle|Whenever the estate of a decedent who dies intestate consists principally of a vessel, snowmobile, or all-terrain vehicle, the surviving spouse shall be deemed to be the owner of the vessel, snowmobile, or all-terrain vehicle, and title to the vessel, snowmobile, or all-terrain vehicle shall automatically pass to the surviving spouse. The surviving spouse may register the vessel, snowmobile, or all-terrain vehicle pursuant to 23 V.S.A. § 3816. (Added 2009, No. 55, § 5, eff. June 1, 2009.)
14 V.S.A. § 314
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 42 - Descent and Survivors' Rights|§ 314. Share of heirs other than surviving spouse

§ 314. Share of heirs other than surviving spouse|(a) The balance of the intestate estate not passing to the decedent's surviving spouse under section 311 of this title passes to the decedent's descendants by right of representation.(b) If there is no taker under subsection (a) of this section, the intestate estate passes in the following order:  (1) to the decedent's parents equally if both survive or to the surviving parent; (2) to the decedent's siblings and the descendants of any deceased siblings by right of representation; (3) one-half of the intestate estate to the decedent's paternal grandparents equally if they both survive or to the surviving paternal grandparent and one-half of the intestate estate to the decedent's maternal grandparents equally if they both survive or to the surviving maternal grandparent and if decedent is survived by a grandparent, or grandparents on only one side, to that grandparent or those grandparents; (4) in equal shares to the next of kin in equal degree.   (c) If property passes under this section by right of representation, the property shall be divided into as many equal shares as there are children or siblings of the decedent, as the case may be, who either survive the decedent or who predecease the decedent leaving surviving descendants. (Added 2009, No. 55, § 5, eff. June 1, 2009.)
14 V.S.A. § 315
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 42 - Descent and Survivors' Rights|§ 315. Parent and child relationship

§ 315. Parent and child relationship|(a) For the purpose of intestate succession, an individual is the child of his or her parents, regardless of their marital status, but a parent shall not inherit from a child unless the parent has openly acknowledged the child and not refused to support the child.(b) The parent and child relationship may be established in parentage proceedings under Title 15C.(c) A parent shall not inherit from a child conceived of sexual assault who is the subject of a parental rights and responsibilities order issued pursuant to 15 V.S.A. § 665(f). (Added 2009, No. 55, § 5, eff. June 1, 2009; amended 2017, No. 44, § 6, eff. May 23, 2017; 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
14 V.S.A. § 316
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 42 - Descent and Survivors' Rights|§ 316. Allowances for surviving spouse and family during administration

§ 316. Allowances for surviving spouse and family during administration|The Probate Division of the Superior Court may make reasonable allowance for the necessary expenses of support and maintenance of the surviving spouse and minor children or either, constituting the family of a decedent, out of the personal estate or the income of real or personal estate from date of death until settlement of the estate, but for no longer a period than until their shares in the estate are assigned to them or, in case of an insolvent estate, for not more than eight months after administration is granted. This allowance may take priority, in the discretion of the court, over debts of the estate. (Added 2009, No. 55, § 5, eff. June 1, 2009; amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 236, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
14 V.S.A. § 317
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 42 - Descent and Survivors' Rights|§ 317. Allowance to children before payment of debts

§ 317. Allowance to children before payment of debts|The court may make reasonable allowance for the necessary expenses of support and maintenance of any children of the decedent until they reach 18 years of age. The court may order the executor or administrator to retain sufficient estate assets for that purpose, except where some provision is made by will for their support. The allowance shall be made before any distribution of the estate among creditors, heirs, or beneficiaries by will. (Added 2009, No. 55, § 5, eff. June 1, 2009; amended 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
14 V.S.A. § 318
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 42 - Descent and Survivors' Rights|§ 318. Allowance to children after payment of debts

§ 318. Allowance to children after payment of debts|Before any partition or division of an estate among the heirs or beneficiaries by will, an allowance may be made for the necessary expenses of support and maintenance of the children of the decedent until they reach 18 years of age. The Probate Division of the Superior Court may order the executor or administrator to retain sufficient estate assets for that purpose, except where some provision is made by will for their support. (Added 2009, No. 55, § 5, eff. June 1, 2009; amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 236, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)