Relates to the disqualification of a surviving spouse
This bill changes rules about when a surviving spouse loses inheritance rights. It states that if a marriage is legally declared invalid (annulled) after a spouse dies, the surviving spouse is disqualified from inheriting as if the marriage had never been valid. The key provision retroactively treats the marriage as null from before the death, preventing inheritance even if annulment happens posthumously. This directly affects surviving spouses in estate cases where a marriage is later annulled after the other spouse's death.
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Introduction
Mar 2025
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Governor
Introduced Mar 20, 2025
Last action Jan 7, 2026
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Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Committee
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lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Legislator
Party
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P
Ed Braunstein
DDemocratic
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