A bill for an act relating to probate and trust matters, including time limitations on actions, attorney fees, trust code proceedings and notice requirements, damages for wrongful death, and filing deadlines, and including effective date and applicability provisions.

This bill establishes a two-year deadline for challenging beneficiary designations or asset transfers obtained through fraud, undue influence, or wrongful conduct after a person's death. It allows courts to award attorney fees and costs in probate disputes, clarifies how wrongful death damages are split between an estate and surviving family members, and extends the probate report filing deadline from 90 to 120 days. These changes apply to deaths occurring on or after July 1, 2026, affecting estate administrators, beneficiaries, and attorneys handling probate cases. The bill also reorganizes trust dispute procedures to be handled in probate court.