§560:2-102 - Share of spouse or reciprocal beneficiary.
§560:2-102 Share of spouse or reciprocal beneficiary. The intestate share of a decedent's surviving spouse or reciprocal beneficiary is:
(1) The entire intestate estate if:
(A) No descendant or parent of the decedent survives the decedent; or
(B) All of the decedent's surviving descendants are also descendants of the surviving spouse or reciprocal beneficiary and there is no other descendant of the surviving spouse or reciprocal beneficiary who survives the decedent;
(2) The first $200,000, plus three-fourths of any balance of the intestate estate, if no descendant of the decedent survives the decedent, but a parent of the decedent survives the decedent;
(3) The first $150,000, plus one-half of any balance of the intestate estate, if all of the decedent's surviving descendants are also descendants of the surviving spouse or reciprocal beneficiary and the surviving spouse or reciprocal beneficiary has one or more surviving descendants who are not descendants of the decedent; or
(4) The first $100,000, plus one-half of any balance of the intestate estate, if one or more of the decedent's surviving descendants are not descendants of the surviving spouse or reciprocal beneficiary. [L 1996, c 288, pt of §1; am L 1997, c 383, §19]