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If the deceased beneficiary was intended to inherit part or all of the residuary estate, then that portion of the estate would pass by intestate succession, as though the testator had left no will. This rule is referred to as the doctrine of no residue of a residue, because the portion of the residuary estate that did not itself pass under the ...
By contrast, some US states (such as Virginia) have extended the principle to cover the family of a predeceased spouse. In those states, if the decedent had been married, and their spouse had died before the decedent, and if the decedent had no blood relatives at all, then the decedent's property would pass to any living relatives of the spouse ...
The foremost source of state law is the Constitution of Virginia.It provides the process for enacting all state legislation, as well as defining the powers of the state government and the basic rights of the people of Virginia.
A decedent's debt typically gets paid via their estate — that is, any money or property they left behind. If you die with debt, your estate may first be purged to pay it off.
Capital punishment was abolished in Virginia on March 24, 2021, when Governor Ralph Northam signed a bill into law. The law took effect on July 1, 2021. Virginia is the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty, and the first southern state in United States history to do so. [1] [2]
Feb. 2—West Virginia Senate President Craig Blair is among the lawmakers clamoring to bring back the death penalty in the Mountain State, but doing so would be a bad idea. West Virginia ...
In a 6-0 decision last November, the state's highest court said this was a no-no. But, in a recent high-profile case in which an FHP trooper was killed during a high-speed chase in Port St. Lucie ...
Official action was not taken until 1808, after Virginia became part of the United States, when the Virginia General Assembly tasked William Waller Hening with the publication of the state's laws. His thirteen volume Statutes at Large (1809–23) was not comprehensive due to the loss of many records, but included all the session laws Hening ...