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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75016</law_id><section_number>64.2-314</section_number><catch_line>Waiver</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="2">Exempt Property and Allowances</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The right of a decedent&#x2019;s surviving spouse to a homestead allowance in the estate of a decedent as provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Homestead allowance" href="/64.2-311/">64.2-311</a> may be waived during the decedent&#x2019;s lifetime only by execution of a marital or premarital agreement in accordance with Chapter 8 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Application" href="/20-147/">20-147</a> et seq.) of Title 20 or by execution of a <span class="dictionary">waiver</span> provided (i) the <span class="dictionary">waiver</span> is in writing, (ii) the language of the <span class="dictionary">waiver</span> mentions homestead allowance in conspicuous language, and (iii) the <span class="dictionary">waiver</span> has been signed by the surviving spouse. <a id="paragraph-269452" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-314/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The right to the family allowance and exempt property, as provided in &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Family allowance" href="/64.2-309/">64.2-309</a> and <a class="law" title="Exempt property" href="/64.2-310/">64.2-310</a>, may be waived during the decedent&#x2019;s lifetime only by execution of a marital or premarital agreement made in accordance with Chapter 8 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Application" href="/20-147/">20-147</a> et seq.) of Title 20. <a id="paragraph-269453" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/64.2-314/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1990, c. 831, &#xA7; 64.1-151.6; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
