                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHEN OMITTED SPOUSE TO TAKE INTESTATE PORTION (§ 64.2-422)

If a testator fails to provide by will for a surviving spouse who married the
testator after the execution of the will, the omitted spouse shall receive the
same share of the estate such spouse would have received if the decedent left no
will, unless it appears from the will or from the provisions of a valid
premarital or marital agreement that the omission was intentional.

HISTORY: 1985, c. 430, § 64.1-69.1; 1991, c. 441; 2012, c. 614.