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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54460</law_id><section_number>64.2-308.8</section_number><catch_line>Surviving spouse&amp;#8217;s property and non-probate transfers to others</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>64.2-308.9</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 id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Except to the extent included in the augmented estate under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Decedent's net probate estate" href="/64.2-308.5/">64.2-308.5</a> or <a class="law" title="Decedent's non-probate transfers to the surviving spouse" href="/64.2-308.7/">64.2-308.7</a>, the <span class="dictionary">value</span> of the augmented estate includes the <span class="dictionary">value</span> of: <a id="paragraph-199870" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-308.8/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Property that was owned by the decedent&#x2019;s surviving spouse at the decedent&#x2019;s death, including:
				a. The surviving spouse&#x2019;s fractional interest in property held in joint tenancy with the right of survivorship;
				b. The surviving spouse&#x2019;s ownership interest in property or accounts held in co-ownership registration with the right of survivorship; and
				c. Property that passed to the surviving spouse by reason of the decedent&#x2019;s death, but not including the spouse&#x2019;s right to homestead allowance, family allowance, exempt property, or payments under the federal social security system. <a id="paragraph-199871" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-308.8/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Property that would have been included in the surviving spouse&#x2019;s non-probate transfers to others, other than the spouse&#x2019;s fractional and ownership interests included under subdivision 1 a or b, had the spouse been the decedent. <a id="paragraph-199872" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-308.8/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Property included under this section is valued at the decedent&#x2019;s death, taking the <span class="dictionary">fact</span> that the decedent predeceased the spouse into account, but, for purposes of subdivision A 1 a or b, the <span class="dictionary">values</span> of the spouse&#x2019;s fractional and ownership interests are determined immediately before the decedent&#x2019;s death if the decedent was then a joint tenant or a co-owner of the property or accounts. For purposes of subdivision A 2, proceeds of insurance that would have been included in the spouse&#x2019;s non-probate transfers to others under subdivision 1 d of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Decedent's non-probate transfers to others" href="/64.2-308.6/">64.2-308.6</a> are not valued as if the spouse were deceased. <a id="paragraph-199873" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-308.8/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">value</span> of property included under this section is reduced by enforceable claims against the surviving spouse. <a id="paragraph-199874" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-308.8/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2016, cc. 187, 269.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
