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uniform disposition of community property at death act

Uniform Disposition of Community Property at Death Act. A 1971 model statute designed for non-community-property states to preserve the rights of each spouse in property that was community property before the spouses moved to non-community-property states, unless they have severed or altered their community-property rights.

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disposition hearing

Family law. 1. In child-abuse and neglect proceedings, after an adjudication hearing at which the state proves its allegations, a hearing at which the court hears evidence and enters orders for the child’s care, custody, and control. • Typically, the judge determines a plan for services aimed at reunifying or rehabilitating the family. 2. In

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disposition

disposition (dis-p[schwa]-zish-[schwa]n), n. 1. The act of transferring something to another’s care or possession, esp. by deed or will; the relinquishing of property (a testamentary disposition of all the assets). testamentary disposition. A disposition to take effect upon the death of the person making it, who retains substantially entire control of the property until death.

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