Bill Sponsors: NY S02971 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly

Bill Title: Requires fair and reasonable disclosure of income, assets and financial obligations of decedent for surviving spouse's waiver of right of election to be enforceable and renders inapplicable the "dead man's statute" for purposes of accepting relevant evidence in this regard and in regard to Totten trust and joint bank account transactions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2010-03-30 - VETOED MEMO.6 [S02971 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Senator John Sampson [D]SponsorSponsored BillsSD-019FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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