18-C M.R.S. §2-803: Effect of criminal conviction on intestate succession, wills, joint assets, beneficiary designations and other property acquisition when restitution is owed to the decedent

A person who has been convicted of a crime of which the decedent was a victim is not entitled to the following benefits to the extent that the benefits do not exceed the amount of restitution the person owes to the decedent as a result of the sentence for the crime:

1. Decedent's will or this Article. Any benefits under the decedent's will or under this Article;

2. Jointly owned property. Any property owned jointly with the decedent;

3. Bond, life insurance policy or other contractual arrangement. Any benefit as a beneficiary of a bond, life insurance policy or other contractual arrangement in which the principal obligee or the person upon whose life the policy is issued is the decedent; and

4. Acquisition of property. Any benefit from any acquisition of property in which the decedent had an interest.