A. The slayer shall be deemed to have predeceased the decedent as to property that would have passed from the estate of the decedent to the slayer by intestate succession or that the slayer would have acquired by statutory right as the decedent's surviving spouse. An heir or distributee who establishes his kinship to the decedent by way of his kinship to a slayer shall be deemed to be claiming from the decedent and not through the slayer.
B. The slayer shall be deemed to have predeceased the decedent as to property that would have passed to the slayer by the will of the decedent; however, the antilapse provisions of § 64.2-418 are applicable to such property.
1981, c. 469, §§ 55-403, 55-404; 1990, c. 831; 2008, cc. 822, 830; 2012, c. 614.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 64.2 - Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries
Chapter 25 - Acts Barring Property Rights
§ 64.2-2501. Slayer not to acquire property as result of slaying
§ 64.2-2502. Property passing by will or intestate succession; surviving spouse
§ 64.2-2503. Concurrent ownership with or without survivorship
§ 64.2-2504. Reversions and vested remainders
§ 64.2-2505. Interests dependent on survivorship or continuance of life
§ 64.2-2506. Contingent remainders and future interests
§ 64.2-2507. Powers of appointment
§ 64.2-2508. Proceeds of insurance; bona fide payment by insurance company or obligor
§ 64.2-2509. Persons acquiring from slayer protected
§ 64.2-2510. Admissibility of judicial record determining slayer