Bill > SF0066

This bill amends Wyoming's "slayer rule" law, which prevents someone who feloniously takes or causes the death of another person from inheriting from or receiving certain benefits from the deceased person's estate. The key provisions of this bill are: 1) It specifies that the "slayer" is precluded from inheriting, receiving, or otherwise taking any property or benefits that would have gone to the deceased person, including rights of survivorship, payable-on-death designations, and fiduciary positions. 2) It deems the interests of the killer and deceased person in jointly-owned property to have been severed immediately prior to the killing, resulting in a tenancy in common rather than a right of survivorship. 3) It defines "killer" as the person who feloniously takes or causes the death of another, as provided in the law. The bill is intended to comprehensively address how the slayer rule applies to various forms of property ownership and beneficiary designations upon the death of the victim.

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https://www.wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2021/SF0066