Elective Share of Surviving Spouse of Decedent Dying on or After January 1, 2017

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This is Article 1.1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Elective Share of Surviving Spouse of Decedent Dying on or After January 1, 2017.” It is part of Chapter 3 “Rights of Married Persons”, which is part of Subtitle II “Wills and Decedents' Estates”, which is part of Title 64.2 “Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries”.

It’s comprised of the following 17 sections.

§ 64.2-308.1	Applicability; definitions
§ 64.2-308.10	Sources from which elective share payable
§ 64.2-308.11	Personal liability of recipients
§ 64.2-308.12	Proceeding for elective share; time limit
§ 64.2-308.13	Right of election personal to surviving spouse; incapacitated surviving spouse
§ 64.2-308.14	Waiver of right to elect and of other rights; defenses
§ 64.2-308.15	Protection of payors and other third parties
§ 64.2-308.16	Rights in family residence
§ 64.2-308.17	Statutory rights barred by desertion or abandonment
§ 64.2-308.2	Dower or curtesy abolished
§ 64.2-308.3	Elective share amount; effect of election on statutory benefits; non-domiciliary
§ 64.2-308.4	Composition of the augmented estate; marital property portion
§ 64.2-308.5	Decedent's net probate estate
§ 64.2-308.6	Decedent's non-probate transfers to others
§ 64.2-308.7	Decedent's non-probate transfers to the surviving spouse
§ 64.2-308.8	Surviving spouse's property and non-probate transfers to others
§ 64.2-308.9	Exclusions, valuation, and overlapping application