2018 Revised Code of Washington
Title 11 - PROBATE AND TRUST LAW
11.84 Inheritance rights of slayers or abusers.
11.84.140 Slayer determination—Conviction—Preponderance of evidence.
RCW 11.84.140 Slayer determination—Conviction—Preponderance of evidence.
(1) A final judgment of conviction for the willful and unlawful killing of the decedent is conclusive for purposes of determining whether a person is a slayer under this section. A finding of not guilty by reason of insanity for the willful and unlawful killing of the decedent carries the same meaning as a judgment of conviction.
(2) In the absence of a criminal conviction or a finding of not guilty by reason of insanity, a superior court finding by a preponderance of the evidence that a person participated in the willful and unlawful killing of the decedent is conclusive for purposes of determining whether a person is a slayer under this section.
[ 2016 c 211 § 2; 2009 c 525 § 14.]
NOTES:
Short title—2016 c 211: See note following RCW 11.84.010.
