- (a) “Creator of the interest” means a person who establishes, declares, creates, or otherwise brings into existence an interest.
(b) “Creator of the interest” includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- (1) With respect to an interest created by intestate succession, the person dying intestate.
- (2) With respect to an interest created under a will, the testator.
- (3) With respect to an interest created under a trust, the settlor.
- (4) With respect to an interest created by succession to a disclaimed interest, the disclaimant of the disclaimed interest.
- (5) With respect to an interest created by virtue of an election to take against a will, the testator.
- (6) With respect to an interest created by creation of a power of appointment, the donor.
- (7) With respect to an interest created by exercise or nonexercise of a power of appointment, the donee.
- (8) With respect to an interest created by an inter vivos gift, the donor.
- (9) With respect to an interest created by surviving the death of a depositor of a Totten trust account or P.O.D. account, the deceased depositor.
- (10) With respect to an interest created under an insurance or annuity contract, the owner, the insured, or the annuitant.
- (11) With respect to an interest created by surviving the death of another joint tenant, the deceased joint tenant.
- (12) With respect to an interest created under an employee benefit plan, the employee or other owner of an interest in the plan.
- (13) With respect to an interest created under an individual retirement account, annuity, or bond, the owner.