US Estate

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US estate planning: community/separate property, elective share, homestead exemptions, per stirpes variants, no-contest clauses, pretermitted heir statutes.

Jurisdiction
US
Legal Systems
common law
Version
1.0.0
INHERIT Compatibility
>=1.0.0 <2.0.0
Last Verified
2026-03-26
Responsible Organisation
Testate Technologies Ltd

Legal Sources

Internal Revenue Code (Title 26), Uniform Probate Code, state community property statutes, RUFADAA

Schema Properties

PropertyTypeRequiredFormatDescription
statestringISO 3166-2 US-XX
propertyRegimestring(community_property, community_property_with_survivorship, separate_property, quasi_community)
electiveShareDetailsobject
homesteadExemptionsobject[]
perStirpesVariantstring(strict_per_stirpes, modern_per_stirpes, per_capita_at_each_generation)
noContestEnforceableboolean
pretermittedHeirStatutestring
rufadaaAdoptedbooleanRevised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act
louisianaForcedHeirshipobject
notesstring

Maintainers

  • Testate TechnologiesTestate Technologies Ltdlead