The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
001
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 27 V.S.A. § 105)
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§ 105. Surviving spouse’s interest in homestead
If a person dies leaving a surviving spouse, the person’s homestead to the value provided
in this chapter shall pass to and vest in the surviving spouse without being subject
to the payment of debts of the deceased, unless legally charged on the homestead in
the person’s lifetime, and the surviving spouse shall take the same estate in the
homestead of which the surviving spouse’s husband or wife dies seised. The Probate
Division of the Superior Court in which the decedent’s estate is pending shall set
out the homestead to the surviving spouse. (Amended 1985, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2023, No. 6, § 317, eff. July 1, 2023.)