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Witness urges Senate Judiciary to adopt Uniform Disclaimer Act to remove nine‑month cutoff and broaden who may disclaim
Summary
Mark Langan of the Probate Law Center told the Senate Judiciary committee the Uniform Disclaimer Act modernizes state law by eliminating the automatic nine‑month deadline for disclaimers, allowing trustees, agents and parents to disclaim, permitting partial disclaimers and accepting electronic signatures; senators flagged potential revenue questions and a likely referral to Finance.
Mark Langan, chair of the Probate Law Center for the association, testified before the Senate Judiciary committee in support of the Uniform Disclaimer Act, saying it would modernize state law and remove an unfair timing barrier for people and institutions that wish to refuse inheritances or gifts.
"Disclaimers are basically saying, I don't want your gift," Langan told the committee, adding that the draft act eliminates the statutory nine‑month cutoff that currently bars many later disclaimers. "There's no 9 month deadline anymore," he said, arguing the change would let beneficiaries, trustees and charities decline interests even after administrative delays or late discovery of a vested interest.
Langan traced the problem to federal and earlier state rules. He said that a provision added in the federal Tax…
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