Devolution of Estate at Death

Devolution of Estate at Death. The power of a person to leave property by will, and the rights of creditors, devisees, and heirs to his or her property are subject to the restrictions and limitations contained in this law. Upon the death of a person, his or her real and personal property devolves to the persons to whom it is devised by his or her last will or to those indicated as substitutes for them in cases involving lapse, renunciation, or other circumstances affecting the devolution of a testate estate, or in the absence of testamentary disposition, to the deceased person’s heirs, or to those indicated as substitutes for them in cases involving renunciation or other circumstances affecting devolution of intestate estates. Source: PL 3-106, ch. 10, § 1.