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5-1.1-A – Right of Election by Surviving Spouse

§ 5-1.1-A Right of election by surviving spouse (a) Where a decedent dies on or after September first, nineteen hundred ninety-two and is survived by a spouse, a personal right of election is given to the surviving spouse to take a share of the decedent’s estate, subject to the following: (1) For the purpose of […]