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An heir or distributee who establishes his kinship to the decedent by way of his kinship to a slayer shall be deemed to be claiming from the decedent and not through the slayer.B\n\nThe slayer shall be deemed to have predeceased the decedent as to property that would have passed to the slayer by the will of the decedent; however, the antilapse provisions of § 64.2-418 are applicable to such property.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":267885,"text":"The slayer shall be deemed to have predeceased the decedent as to property that would have passed from the estate of the decedent to the slayer by intestate succession or that the slayer would have acquired by statutory right as the decedent’s surviving spouse. 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This law was first created in 1981. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 469 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1990, chapter 831; in 2008, chapters 822<\/a> and 830<\/a>; in 2012, chapter 614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":74157,"section_number":"64.2-418","catch_line":"When children or descendants of beneficiary to take estate or trust","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-418\/"}],"permalink":{"id":275843,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74541,"identifier":"64.2-2502","token":"64.2\/V\/25\/64.2-2502","url":"\/64.2-2502\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-2502\/","token":"64.2\/V\/25\/64.2-2502","dublin_core":{"Title":"Property passing by will or intestate succession; surviving spouse","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-2502","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The slayer<\/span> shall be deemed to have predeceased the decedent<\/span> as to property<\/span> that would have passed from the estate of the decedent<\/span> to the slayer<\/span> by intestate succession or that the slayer<\/span> would have acquired by statutory right as the decedent<\/span>’s surviving spouse. An heir or distributee who establishes his kinship to the decedent<\/span> by way of his kinship to a slayer<\/span> shall be deemed to be claiming from the decedent<\/span> and not through the slayer<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The slayer<\/span> shall be deemed to have predeceased the decedent<\/span> as to property<\/span> that would have passed to the slayer<\/span> by the will<\/span> of the decedent<\/span>; however, the antilapse provisions of § 64.2-418<\/a> are applicable to such property<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROPERTY PASSING BY WILL OR INTESTATE SUCCESSION; SURVIVING SPOUSE (\u00a7\n64.2-2502)\n\nA. The slayer shall be deemed to have predeceased the decedent as to property\nthat would have passed from the estate of the decedent to the slayer by\nintestate succession or that the slayer would have acquired by statutory right\nas the decedent’s surviving spouse. An heir or distributee who establishes\nhis kinship to the decedent by way of his kinship to a slayer shall be deemed to\nbe claiming from the decedent and not through the slayer.\n\nB. The slayer shall be deemed to have predeceased the decedent as to property\nthat would have passed to the slayer by the will of the decedent; however, the\nantilapse provisions of § 64.2-418 are applicable to such property.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 469, \u00a7\u00a7 55-403, 55-404; 1990, c. 831; 2008, cc. 822, 830;\n2012, c. 614.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}