<div dir="ltr">I think I have a contrary reading of this statute and have expressed it in the past ... 

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sub (a) states that  "<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:24px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">the interest in the property is transferred to the designated beneficiary in accordance with the deed."</span><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:24px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:24px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Based upon that, the deed would control how the shares are inherited, including the ability to place w right of survivorship. Sub c is the default rule when the deed does not specify.  I do agree that sub b makes it mandatory that a beneficiary survive the grantor and if a beneficiary predeceased then the remaining beneficiaries would take proportionally.   </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:24px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:24px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">That's how I read it, but I know that other opinions do not agree (which is why we have judges!).</span></div></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 12:12 PM, Lisa E Schuchman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lisa@lisaschuchman.com" target="_blank">lisa@lisaschuchman.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">A client wants to record a transfer on death deed to two people with right of survivorship.  I’m questioning her on the practical elements of this, but does anyone see a legal
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">Lisa E. Schuchman<br>
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