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2012 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 42. DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION
ARTICLE 1. DESCENT.
- §42-1-1. General definitions.
- §42-1-2. Intestate estate.
- §42-1-3. Share of spouse.
- §42-1-3a. Share of heirs other than surviving spouse.
- §42-1-3b. Requirement that heir survive decedent for one hundred twenty hours.
- §42-1-3c. No taker.
- §42-1-3d. Representation.
- §42-1-3e. Kindred of half blood.
- §42-1-3f. Afterborn heirs.
- §42-1-3g. Advancements.
- §42-1-4. Alienage.
- §42-1-5. From whom children born out of wedlock inherit.
- §42-1-6. Legitimation by marriage.
- §42-1-7. Issue legitimate though marriage null.
- §42-1-8. Posthumous children to take.
- §42-1-9. Establishment and recordation of descent.
- §42-1-10. Individuals related to decedent through two lines.
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