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Arkansas Code Title 18. Property § 18-4-202. Definitions

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

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.

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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arkansas Code Title 18. Property § 18-4-202. Definitions - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-18-property/ar-code-sect-18-4-202/

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