Printable Format59-6a203. Composition of the augmented estate. Subject to K.S.A. 59-6a208, the value of the augmented estate, to the extent provided in K.S.A. 59-6a204 through 59-6a207, consists of the sum of the values of all property that constitute the decedent's net probate estate, the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others, the decedent's nonprobate transfers to the surviving spouse, and the surviving spouse's property and nonprobate transfers to others.
History: L. 1994, ch. 132, ยง 3; January 1, 1995.
Law Review and Bar Journal References:
"New Spousal Elective-Share Rights: Leveling the Playing Field," Timothy P. O'Sullivan and Joan M. Bowen, 65 J.K.B.A. No. 2, 18, 20 (1996).
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Surviving spouse's elective-share rights provided in probate code apply to testate and intestate estates. In re Estate of Antonopoulos, 268 Kan. 178, 183, 993 P.2d 637 (1999).