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The Influence Of The Uniform Probate Code In Nonadopting States, Roger W. Andersen
The Influence Of The Uniform Probate Code In Nonadopting States, Roger W. Andersen
Seattle University Law Review
In twenty-three states, legislative unwillingness to embrace the UPC as a whole has not precluded adoption of some of its provisions. As the first part of this Article indicates, the most common pattern is for a state to use the Code as a model to solve an isolated, but common, problem. Article II of the UPC, which covers intestacy and wills, is by far the most often copied article; the most often followed sections are those dealing with traditional troublespots, such as the effects of survival, adoption, and divorce. In contrast, among those UPC sections garnering the least attention are …