2013 District of Columbia Code
Division III — DECEDENTS' ESTATES AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONS
Title 19 — DESCENT, DISTRIBUTION, AND TRUSTS
Chapter 3 — INTESTATES' ESTATES
Section 19-305 — Distribution of surplus after payment to surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner.
The surplus, above the share of the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner, or the whole surplus, when there is no surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner, descends and is distributed as provided by this chapter and by section 19-701.
History
(Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 698, Pub. L. 89-183, § 1; Apr. 4, 2006, D.C. Law 16-79, § 5(n), 53 DCR 1035.)
Annotations
Prior Codifications. 1981 Ed., § 19-305.
1973 Ed., § 19-305.
Effect of Amendments. D.C. Law 16-79, in the section heading, substituted "surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner" for "surviving spouse"; and substituted "surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner" for "surviving spouse" throughout section.
Legislative History of Law 16-79. For Law 16-79, see notes following § 19-101.02.
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