The real estate in the District of Columbia, of a deceased person, male or female, if not devised, shall descend in fee simple, and the surplus of the personal estate of a deceased resident of the District, if not bequeathed, shall be distributed, to the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner, children, and other persons in the manner provided by this chapter. The heirs specified by this section take the real estate as tenants in common in the same proportions as they take the surplus personal estate as provided by this chapter.
CREDIT(S)
(Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 697, Pub. L. 89-183, § 1; June 24, 1980, D.C. Law 3-72, § 204(b), 27 DCR 2155; Apr. 30, 1988, D.C. Law 7-104, § 5(b), 35 DCR 147; Apr. 4, 2006, D.C. Law 16-79, § 5(l), 53 DCR 1035.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 19-301.
1973 Ed., § 19-301.
Effect of Amendments
D.C. Law 16-79 substituted “surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner,” for “surviving spouse,”.
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 3-72, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 19-101.
For legislative history of D.C. Law 7-104, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 19-107a.
For Law 16-79, see notes following § 19-101.02.
