Succession Act 2006
124Spouses’ entitlement where any issue are not issue of a surviving spouse
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124 Spouses’ entitlement where any issue are not issue of a surviving spouse
124 Spouses’ entitlement where any issue are not issue of a surviving spouse
If an intestate leaves more than one spouse and any issue who are not issue of a surviving spouse, the spouses are entitled to share, in accordance with this Division—
(a) the intestate’s personal effects, and
(b) the statutory legacy that would be payable if the intestate had left only one surviving spouse, and
(c) one-half of the remainder (if any) of the intestate estate.
s 124: Ins 2009 No 29, Sch 1 [4]. Subst 2018 No 4, Sch 1.11 [5].