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Sen. Cooper seeks to redefine slayer rule

WORLAND — Sen. Ed Cooper (R-Ten Sleep) hopes to redefine the slayer rule with a bill he is sponsoring in the upcoming March session.

Cooper is sponsoring Senate File 66, Slayer Rule Applied to Joint Ownership. The bill has four other co-sponsors including Rep. Mike Greear (R-Worland) and Rep. John Winter (R-Thermopolis).

Cooper said the current law states that no person who feloniously takes or ca...