Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 190B § 2-102

Current through Chapter 89 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 190B:2-102 - Share of spouse

The intestate share of a decedent's surviving spouse is:

(1) the entire intestate estate if:
(i) no descendant or parent of the decedent survives the decedent; or
(ii) all of the decedent's surviving descendants are also descendants of the surviving spouse and there is no other descendant of the surviving spouse who survives the decedent;
(2) the first $200,000, plus 3/4 of any balance of the intestate estate, if no descendant of the decedent survives the decedent, but a parent of the decedent survives the decedent;
(3) the first $100,000 plus 1/2 of any balance of the intestate estate, if all of the decedent's surviving descendants are also descendants of the surviving spouse and the surviving spouse has 1 or more surviving descendants who are not descendants of the decedent;
(4) the first $100,000 plus 1/2 of any balance of the intestate estate, if 1 or more of the decedent's surviving descendants are not descendants of the surviving spouse.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 190B, § 2-102

Added by Acts 2008, c. 521,§ 9, eff. 7/1/2011.