Applicable law

  1. Law
  2. District of Columbia Code
  3. Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]
  4. Rights of Surviving Spouse or Domestic Partner, and Children
  5. Applicable law

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Sections 19-101.01 to 19-101.06 apply to the estate of a decedent who dies domiciled in the District of Columbia. Rights to homestead allowance, exempt property, and family allowance for a decedent who dies not domiciled in the District of Columbia are governed by the law of the decedent’s domicile at death.

(Apr. 27, 2001, D.C. Law 13-292, § 801(c), 48 DCR 2087.)

Section References

This section is referenced in § 19-101.06.


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