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VT H0546

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/6/2026

Primary Sponsor

Martin LaLonde

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Session

AI Summary

  • Enacts the Vermont Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act as 14 V.S.A. chapter 129, establishing comprehensive rules for refusing to accept inherited property, trust interests, or powers of appointment

  • Allows any person to disclaim property interests in whole or in part, including fiduciaries, parents acting for minor children, and individuals subject to spendthrift provisions

  • Requires disclaimers to be in writing, signed, describe the interest disclaimed, and delivered to specific parties depending on the type of property (personal representative, trustee, or filed with court)

  • Establishes that disclaimers take effect as if the disclaimant predeceased the transferor, with disclaimed property passing according to the instrument's terms or intestate succession rules

  • Repeals the existing 14 V.S.A. chapter 83 (prior Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act) and takes effect upon passage

Legislative Description

An act relating to the Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act

Last Action

Read first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary

1/6/2026

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/6/2026

Full Bill Text

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