UPC INTESTACY STATUTES
Facts
Spouse Only
Spouse and Descendants Only
Statute(s)
§ 2-102(1)(A)
§ 2-102(1)(B)
Distribution
All to Spouse
All to Spouse only if ALL Descendants
are also Spouse’s and Spouse’s only
kids
Spouse and Descendants Only (CONT)
§ 2-102(3)
$225K + 1/2 to Spouse if Descendants
are also Spouse’s Descendants BUT
the Spouse has other children; the rest
to Descendants
Spouse and Descendants Only (CONT)
§ 2-102(4)
Spouse and Parents Only
§ 2-102(2)
Descendants Only
§ 2-103(a)(1)
Parents Only
Siblings and their Descendants Only
§ 2-103(a)(3)
§ 2-103(a)(2)
Grandparents and their Descendants
Only
§ 2-103(a)(4)
Grandparents and their Descendants
Only (CONT)
§ 2-103(a)(5)
Step-Children of Deceased Spouse Only
§ 2-103(b)
No "Blood" Relatives
§ 2-105
$150K + 1/2 to Spouse if one or more
Descendants is not Spouse’s natural
child; the rest to Descendants
$300k and 3/4 to Spouse, the rest to
the Parents
All to Descendants (per capita at each
generation)
All to Parents
All to Siblings (per capita at each
generation)
1/2 to Maternal Grandparents - all to
Paternal Grandparents if no survivors
on Maternal side (per capita at each
generation)
1/2 to Paternal Grandparents - all to
Maternal Grandparents if no survivors
on Paternal side (per capita at each
generation)
All to Step-Children (per capita by
generation)
Escheats to state - no "laughing heirs"