Statutes > Idaho Statutes > TITLE 15 UNIFORM PROBATE CODE > CHAPTER 2 INTESTATE SUCCESSION -- WILLS > PART 2. SUCCESSION OF QUASI-COMMUNITY PROPERTY -- ELECTIVE SHARE OF SURVIVING SPOUSE > 15-2-204 RIGHT OF ELECTION PERSONAL.

15-2-204 RIGHT OF ELECTION PERSONAL.

TITLE 15

UNIFORM PROBATE CODE

CHAPTER 2

INTESTATE SUCCESSION -- WILLS

PART 2.

SUCCESSION OF QUASI-COMMUNITY PROPERTY -- ELECTIVE SHARE OF SURVIVING SPOUSE

15-2-204. Right of election personal. The right of election of the surviving spouse may be exercised only during his lifetime by him. In the case of a protected person, the right of election may be exercised only by order of the court in which protective proceedings as to his property are pending, after finding that exercise is necessary to provide adequate support for the protected person during his probable life expectancy.