§ 18-4-202 — Definitions

As used in this chapter: (1) "Decedent" means a person whose life is taken by a slayer; (2) "Property" means real or personal property; and (3) "Slayer" means an individual who is: (A) Convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to the unlawful killing of the decedent; (B) Found by a preponderance of the evidence in a civil action to have unlawfully killed the decedent or procured the killing of the decedent, including an individual who has been: (i) Acquitted by reason of insanity, mental defect or disease, or any other mental incapacity concerning a criminal charge of the unlawful killing of the decedent; or (ii) Found to lack the capacity to understand or effectively assist in a criminal proceeding against himself or herself for the unlawful killing of the decedent; or (C) A juvenile who is adjudicated delinquent by reason of committing an act that if committed by an adult would constitute the unlawful killing of the decedent.

Legislative History

Added by Act 2013, No. 1351,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.