South Carolina § 62-2-606 Nonademption of specific devises in certain cases; unpaid proceeds of sale, condemnation, or insurance; sale by conservator.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 62-2-606 — Nonademption of specific devises in certain cases; unpaid proceeds of sale, condemnation, or insurance; sale by conservator.

South Carolina·Title 62 SOUTH CAROLINA PROBATE CODE·Ch. ARTICLE 2 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS

(a)A specific devisee has the right to the specifically devised property in the testator's estate at the testator's death and to:

(1)any balance of the purchase price (together with any mortgage or other security interest) owed by a purchaser to the testator at the testator's death by reason of sale of the property;

(2)any amount of a condemnation award for the taking of the property unpaid at the testator's death;

(3)any proceeds unpaid at the testator's death on fire or casualty insurance or on other recovery for injury to the property;

(4)any property owned by the testator at death and acquired as a result of foreclosure, or obtained in lieu of foreclosure, of the security for a specifically devised obligation.

(b)If specifically devised property is sold or mortgaged by a conserva

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(a) A specific devisee has the right to the specifically devised property in the testator's estate at the testator's death and to: (1) any balance of the purchase price (together with any mortgage or other security interest) owed by a purchaser to the testator at the testator's death by reason of sale of the property; (2) any amount of a condemnation award for the taking of the property unpaid at the testator's death; (3) any proceeds unpaid at the testator's death on fire or casualty insurance or on other recovery for injury to the property; (4) any property owned by the testator at death and acquired as a result of foreclosure, or obtained in lieu of foreclosure, of the security for a specifically devised obligation. (b) If specifically devised property is sold or mortgaged by a conservator or by an agent acting within the authority of a durable power of attorney for an incapacitated principal, or a condemnation award or insurance proceeds or recovery for injury to the property is paid to a conservator or to an agent acting within the authority of a durable power of attorney for an incapacitated principal, the specific devisee has the right to a general pecuniary devise equal to the net sale price, the amount of the unpaid loan, the condemnation award, the insurance proceeds, or the recovery. (c) The right of the specific devisee under subsection (b) is reduced by the value of any right he has under subsection (a). (d) For purposes of references in subsection (b) to a conservator, subsection (b) does not apply if after the sale, mortgage, condemnation, casualty or recovery, it was adjudicated that the testator's disability ceased and the testator survived the adjudication for at least one year. (e) For purposes of references in subsection (b) to an agent acting within the authority of a durable power of attorney for an incapacitated principal, (i) "incapacitated principal" means a principal who is an incapacitated person, (ii) no adjudication of incapacity before death is necessary, and (iii) the acts of an agent within the authority of a durable power of attorney are presumed to be for an incapacitated principal.

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