Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 163.565 (2026)

Effect of divorce or annulment of marriage of settlor on revocable inter vivos trust

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NRS 163.565 Effect of divorce or annulment of marriage of settlor on revocable inter vivos trust. Divorce or annulment of the marriage of a settlor revokes every devise, beneficial interest or designation to serve as trustee given by the settlor to the former spouse of the settlor in a revocable inter vivos trust executed before the entry of the decree of divorce or annulment unless otherwise:

1. Provided in a property or separation agreement that is approved by the court in the divorce or annulment proceedings; or

2. Ordered by the court in the divorce or annulment proceedings,

Ê and the revocable inter vivos trust provisions take effect in the same manner as if the spouse had predeceased the trustor.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 342)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2016–2023 · leading case: Lopez v. Lopez, 541 P.3d 117 (Nev. 2023).

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Lopez v. Lopez, 541 P.3d 117 (Nev. 2023). “781); see also NRS 163.565 (stating that unless otherwise provided, divorce "revokes every devise, beneficial interest or d.”

Czerniewski v. Keppel (D. Nev. 2021). · cites it 2× “NRS § 163.565 operates to revoke every beneficial interest a 20 person has in her former spouse’s property upon divorce, including the designation to serve as 21 the trustee of any trust established by such spouse prior to the entry of the divorce decree.”

Gralnick v. Rowe-Gralnick (Nev. 2016). “See NRS 163.565 (providing that the divorce of a settlor of a revocable inter vivos trust "revokes every devise, beneficial interest or designation to serve as trustee given by the settlor to the former spouse" unless SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA 3 (0) 1947A cie4Dp otherwise ordered…”

Lopez v. Lopez (Nev. 2023). “781); see also NRS 163.565 (stating that unless otherwise provided, divorce “revokes every devise, beneficial interest or designation to serve as trustee given by the settlor to the former spouse of the settlor in a revocable inter vivos trust”); NRS 133.”

Lopez v. Lopez (Nev. 2023). “781); see also NRS 163.565 (stating that unless otherwise provided, divorce "revokes every devise, beneficial interest or d.”

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