RCW 11.54.020
Amount of basic award.
The amount of the basic award shall be the amount specified in *RCW 6.13.030(2) with regard to lands. If an award is divided between a surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner and the decedent's children who are not the children of the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner, the aggregate amount awarded to all the claimants under this section shall be the amount specified in *RCW 6.13.030(2) with respect to lands. The amount of the basic award may be increased or decreased in accordance with RCW 11.54.040 and 11.54.050.
[ 2008 c 6 § 917; 1997 c 252 § 49.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 6.13.030 was amended by 2021 c 290 § 3, significantly changing subsection (2).
Part headings not law—Severability—2008 c 6: See RCW 26.60.900 and 26.60.901.
Application—1997 c 252 §§ 1-73: See note following RCW 11.02.005.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 11 - Probate and Trust Law
Chapter 11.54 - Family Support and Postdeath Creditor's Claim Exemptions.
11.54.010 - Award to surviving spouse, domestic partner, or children—Petition.
11.54.020 - Amount of basic award.
11.54.030 - Conditions to award.
11.54.040 - Increase in amount of award—Factors for consideration.
11.54.050 - Decrease in amount of award—Factors for consideration.
11.54.060 - Priority of awarded property—Effect of purchase or encumbrance on property.
11.54.070 - Immunity of award from debts and claims of creditors.
11.54.080 - Exemption of additional assets from claims of creditors—Petition—Notice—Court order.
11.54.090 - Venue for petition—Petition and hearing requirements—Notice of hearing.
11.54.100 - Exhaustion of estate—Closure of estate—Discharge of personal representative.