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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>68829</law_id><section_number>64.2-308.7</section_number><catch_line>Decedent&amp;#8217;s non-probate transfers to the surviving spouse</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>64.2-308.10</reference><reference>64.2-308.4</reference><reference>64.2-308.8</reference><reference>64.2-308.9</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="64.2">Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Wills and Decedents' Estates</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Rights of Married Persons</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1.1">Elective Share of Surviving Spouse of Decedent Dying on or After January 1, 2017</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Excluding property passing to the surviving spouse under the federal social security system, the <span class="dictionary">value</span> of the augmented estate includes the <span class="dictionary">value</span> of the decedent&#x2019;s non-probate transfers to the decedent&#x2019;s surviving spouse, which consist of all property that passed outside probate at the decedent&#x2019;s death from the decedent to the surviving spouse by reason of the decedent&#x2019;s death, including:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The decedent&#x2019;s fractional interest in property held as a joint tenant with the right of survivorship, to the extent that the decedent&#x2019;s fractional interest passed to the surviving spouse as surviving joint tenant; <a id="paragraph-249145" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-308.7/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The decedent&#x2019;s ownership interest in property or accounts held in co-ownership registration with the right of survivorship, or with Payable on Death or Transfer on Death designations to the extent the decedent&#x2019;s ownership interest passed to the surviving spouse as surviving co-owner; and <a id="paragraph-249146" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-308.7/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> All other property that would have been included in the augmented estate under subdivision 1 or 2 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Decedent's non-probate transfers to others" href="/64.2-308.6/">64.2-308.6</a> had it passed to or for the benefit of a person other than the decedent&#x2019;s spouse, surviving spouse, the decedent, or the decedent&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">creditors</span>, estate, or estate <span class="dictionary">creditors</span>. <a id="paragraph-249147" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-308.7/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2016, cc. 187, 269.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
