S.C. Code Ann. § 62-5-425

Preservation of estate plan

Effective Jan 1, 20191986 Act No. 539, SECTION 1. Formerly Code 1976 SECTION 62-5-427, renumbered and amended by 2017 Act No. 87 (S.415), SECTION 5.A, eff January 1, 2019.

In investment and distribution of estate assets or in the use or withdrawal of a power of revocation, and in titling accounts, the conservator and the court must consider any:

  1. (A) known estate plan, including a revocable trust having the protected person as settlor; or
  2. (B) instrument, including, but not limited to, a contract, transfer, or joint ownership arrangement originated by the protected person which provides a benefit at death to another as referenced in Section 62-5-422.

HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 539, SECTION 1. Formerly Code 1976 SECTION 62-5-427, renumbered and amended by 2017 Act No. 87 (S.415), SECTION 5.A, eff January 1, 2019.

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