Savings accounts may be made payable on death of the owner to a named beneficiary, if living.11 Securities may be registered in beneficiary form that indicates the present owner and the intended beneficiary who will become the owner upon the death of the present owner.12 Sole owners or multiple owners with right of survivorship may [...]
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Qualified Disclaimers
With reference to the estate tax, gift tax, and generation skipping transfer taxes, if a recipient makes a qualified disclaimer with respect to any interest in property within the estate of decedent or donor, the property will be treated as if it had never been transferred to the recipient.
An example of when this might be [...]
Survivor’s Homestead Rights
Homestead rights in Oklahoma may consist of an estate in land and personal property as well as exemption from certain debts. The homestead of any family living in a rural area shall consist of not more than 160 acres. It may be in one or more parcels to be selected by the owner. The homestead [...]
Simultaneous Death
The will may provide that testator’s spouse shall be presumed to have survived the testator if both should die in a common disaster under circumstances that make it uncertain who died first. If the will does not contain such a simultaneous death clause, Oklahoma’s statute (Title 58, Oklahoma Statutes Annotated, Section 1001) directs that in [...]