WEST VIRGINIA CODE
WVC 42 - 1 - 2
§42-1-2. Intestate estate.
(a) Any part of a decedent's estate not effectively disposed
of by will passes by intestate succession to the decedent's heirs
as prescribed in this code, except as modified by the decedent's
will.
(b) A decedent by will may expressly exclude or limit the
right of an individual or class to succeed to property of the
decedent passing by intestate succession. If that individual or a
member of that class survives the decedent, the share of the
decedent's intestate estate to which that individual or class would
have succeeded passes as if that individual or each member of that
class had disclaimed his or her intestate share.
Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2012 1st Special Session
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