Sec. 1. 18-A MRSA Art. II, Pt. 2, as amended, is repealed.

Sec. 2. 18-A MRSA §2-602, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 540, §1, is amended to read:

§2-602. Choice of law as to meaning and effect of wills

The meaning and legal effect of a disposition in a will shall must be determined by the local law of a particular state selected by the testator in his the testator's instrument unless the application of that law is contrary to the provisions relating to the elective share described in Part 2, the provisions relating to exempt property and allowances described in Part 4 or any other public policy of this State otherwise applicable to the disposition.

Sec. 3. 18-A MRSA §2-802, sub-§(b), as enacted by PL 1979, c. 540, §1, is amended to read:

(b) For purposes of Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 and of section 3-203, a surviving spouse does not include:

(1) A person who obtains or consents to a final decree or judgment of divorce from the decedent or an annulment of their marriage, which decree or judgment is not recognized as valid in this state State, unless they subsequently participate in a marriage ceremony purporting to marry each to the other, or subsequently live together as man and wife;

(2) A person who, following a decree or judgment of divorce or annulment obtained by the decedent, participates in a marriage ceremony with a 3rd person; or

(3) A person who was a party to a valid proceeding concluded by an order purporting to terminate all marital property rights.

Sec. 4. 18-A MRSA §6-106, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 540, §1, is amended to read:

§6-106. Accounts and transfers nontestamentary

Any transfers resulting from the application of section 6-104 are effective by reason of the account contracts involved and this statute and are not to be considered as testamentary or subject to Articles I through IV, except as provided in sections 2-201 through 2-207, and except as a consequence of, and to the extent directed by, section 6-107.