Devise or bequest to a spouse or domestic partner.

Annotations

Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 696, Pub. L. 89-183, § 1
Apr. 27, 2001, D.C. Law 13-292, § 801(f), 48 DCR 2087
Apr. 4, 2006, D.C. Law 16-79, § 5(g), 53 DCR 1035
Mar. 2, 2007, D.C. Law 16-191, § 92(c), 53 DCR 6794
D.C. Law 16-191, in the section credit for D.C. Law 13-292, validated a previously made technical correction.
D.C. Law 16-79 rewrote section which had read as follows: “Subject to section 19-114, and unless it is otherwise expressed in the will, a devise of real estate or an interest therein, or a bequest of personal estate or an interest therein, to the surviving spouse, bars his or her share in the decedent’s estate.”
D.C. Law 13-292 deleted “, and his or her dower rights” following “decedent’s estate”.
1973 Ed., § 19-112.
1981 Ed., § 19-112.
This section is referenced in § 19-113.