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18 Quinnipiac Prob. L.J. 83 (2004-2005)
Applying Revocation-on-Divorce Statutes to Will Substitutes

handle is hein.journals/qplj18 and id is 91 raw text is: THE QUINNIPIAC PROBATE LAW JOURNAL VOLUME 18 2004 NUMBER 1 & 2 ARTICLES APPLYING REVOCATION-ON-DIVORCE STATUTES TO WILL SUBSTITUTES SUSAN N. GARY* I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 83 II. HISTORY OF REVOCATION-ON-DIVORCE STATUTES ....................... 85 A. Uniform Probate Code § 2-508 ..................................................... 85 B. Stepchildren and Other Non-Relatives .................................... 86 C. Nonprobate Transfers ............................................................... 90 1. Joint Bank Accounts ............................................................ 92 2. Joint Tenancy in Real Property .......................................... 92 4. Revocable Trusts .................................................................. 98 III. SECTION 2-804 OF THE 1990 UPC ................................................... 100 A . Retroactive Application .............................................................. 102 B . ERISA Preem ption ..................................................................... 109 IV. RESPONSES TO PREEMPTION ........................................................... 114 A . Federal Com m on Law ................................................................. 114 B . Constructive Trusts .................................................................... 120 C . U P C § 2-804(h)(2) ....................................................................... 123 D. Congressional Action Needed - An Exception to ERISA ......... 124 V . C ONCLU SION .................................................................................... 126 I. INTRODUCTION Although a person should execute a new will or codicil when- ever a change in family circumstances occurs, many people do not . Associate Professor, University of Oregon School of Law. B.A., Yale University, 1977; J.D. Columbia University School of Law, 1981. The author would like to thank John H. Langbein and Lawrence W. Waggoner for their extremely help- ful comments on this article and Melissa M. Aubin and William F. McDonald for valuable research and editing assistance. Work on this article was supported by a summer research grant from the University of Oregon School of Law.

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