2025 bills / S.B. 233

S.B. 233 Probate Amendments (2025)

Became lawWritten by Sen. Kirk A. Cullimore · carried in the House by Rep. Jordan D. Teuscher

  1. Introduced
  2. Senate committee
  3. Senate vote
  4. House committee
  5. House vote
  6. Signed into law

What this bill does

The bill creates a new process in Utah's probate code for transferring a beneficiary's inheritance interest when a third party has bought that interest. It sets out requirements for written purchase agreements, allows an optional hearing about the transfer, and makes willfully violating the process punishable by a penalty.

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Official description
  • enacts within the Utah Uniform Probate Code a separate process for transferring a beneficiary's interest that is purchased by a third party in certain circumstances
  • provides a process for the transfer and requirements for written agreements to purchase a beneficiary's interest
  • provides for an optional hearing in relation to the transfer
  • provides a penalty for a willful violation of the process
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