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Part 7 Rules of Construction Applicable to Donative Dispositions in Wills and Other Governing Instruments (700.2701...700.2723)

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Section
700.2701

Scope.

Section
700.2702

Requirement of Survival by 120 Hours.

Section
700.2703

Protection of Payors and Other Third Parties.

Section
700.2704

Protection of Bona Fide Purchasers; Personal Liability of Recipient.

Section
700.2705

Choice of Law as to Meaning and Effect of Governing Instrument.

Section
700.2706

Power of Appointment; Meaning of Specific Reference Requirement.

Section
700.2707

Class Gifts Construed to Accord With Intestate Succession.

Section
700.2708

Definitions Regarding Beneficiary Designation.

Section
700.2709

Substitute Gift.

Section
700.2710

Multiple Substitute Gifts.

Section
700.2711

Protection of Payors.

Section
700.2712

Protection of Bona Fide Purchasers; Personal Liability of Recipient.

Section
700.2713

Definitions for Survivorship With Respect to Future Interests Under Terms of Trust.

Section
700.2714

Survivorship Required for Gift Under Trust; Substitute Gift; Applicability of Subsection (1).

Section
700.2715

Multiple Substitute Gifts.

Section
700.2716

No Substitute Taker; Lapse.

Section
700.2717

Class Gifts to “Descendants,”“issue,” or “Heirs of the Body”; Form of Distribution if None Specified.

Section
700.2718

Representation; per Capita at Each Generation; per Stirpes.

Section
700.2719

Worthier-Title Doctrine Abolished.

Section
700.2720

Interests in “Heirs”.

Section
700.2721

Construction as to Age of Majority.

Section
700.2722

Honorary Trusts; Trusts for Pets.

Section
700.2723

Will, Trust, or Beneficiary Designation of Decedent Who Dies After December 31, 2009 and Before January 1, 2011; Presumption; Retroactive Effective Date; "2010 Federal Tax Relief Act" Defined.