Source: https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title64.2/chapter2/section64.2-200/
Timestamp: 2019-08-22 06:44:28
Document Index: 553924687

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 64', '§ 64', '§ 64', '§ 55', '§ 64', '§ 64', '§ 64', '§ 55']

§ 64.2-200. (Effective October 1, 2019) Course of descents generally; right of Commonwealth if no other heir
Table of Contents » Title 64.2. Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries » Subtitle II. Wills and Decedents' Estates » Chapter 2. Descent and Distribution » § 64.2-200. (Effective October 1, 2019) Course of descents generally; right of Commonwealth if no other heir
§ 64.2-200. (Effective until October 1, 2019) Course of descents generally; right of Commonwealth if no other heir.
1. To the surviving spouse of the decedent, unless the decedent is survived by children or their descendants, one or more of whom are not children or their descendants of the surviving spouse, in which case, two-thirds of the estate descends and passes to the decedent's children and their descendants, and one-third of the estate descends and passes to the surviving spouse.
2. If there is no surviving spouse, then the estate descends and passes to the decedent's children and their descendants.
3. If there is none of the foregoing, then to the decedent's parents, or to the surviving parent.
4. If there is none of the foregoing, then to the decedent's brothers and sisters, and their descendants.
a. To the decedent's grandparents, or to the surviving grandparent.
b. If there is none of the foregoing, then to the decedent's uncles and aunts, and their descendants.
c. If there is none of the foregoing, then to the decedent's great-grandparents.
d. If there is none of the foregoing, then to the brothers and sisters of the decedent's grandparents, and their descendants.
B. If there are either no surviving paternal kindred or no surviving maternal kindred, the whole estate descends and passes to the paternal or maternal kindred who survive the decedent. If there are neither maternal nor paternal kindred, the whole estate descends and passes to the kindred of the decedent's most recent spouse, if any, provided that the decedent and the spouse were married at the time of the spouse's death, as if such spouse had died intestate and entitled to the estate.
C. If there is no other heir of a decedent's real estate, such real estate is subject to escheat to the Commonwealth in accordance with Chapter 10 (§ 55-168 et seq.) of Title 55.
Code 1950, § 64-1; 1956, c. 109; 1968, c. 656, § 64.1-1; 1977, c. 474; 1982, c. 304; 1985, c. 189; 1990, c. 831; 2012, c. 614.
§ 64.2-200. (Effective October 1, 2019) Course of descents generally; right of Commonwealth if no other heir.
C. If there is no other heir of a decedent's real estate, such real estate is subject to escheat to the Commonwealth in accordance with Chapter 24 (§ 55.1-2400 et seq.) of Title 55.1.