The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
002
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SURVIVORS' RIGHTS AND ALLOWANCES
(Cite as: 14 V.S.A. § 311)
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§ 311. Share of surviving spouse
After payment of the debts, funeral charges, allowances to the surviving spouse and
children pursuant to sections 316 and 317 of this title, and expenses of administration, the intestate share of the decedent’s surviving
spouse is as follows:
(1) The surviving spouse shall receive the entire intestate estate if no descendant of
the decedent survives the decedent or if all of the decedent’s surviving descendants
are also descendants of the surviving spouse.
(2) In the event there shall survive the decedent one or more descendants of the decedent
who are not descendants of the surviving spouse and are not excluded by the decedent’s
will from inheriting from the decedent, the surviving spouse shall receive one-half
of the intestate estate. (Added 2009, No. 55, § 5, eff. June 1, 2009; amended 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)