RCW 11.54.030
Conditions to award.
(1) The court may not make an award unless the court finds that the funeral expenses, expenses of last sickness, and expenses of administration have been paid or provided for.
(2) The court may not make an award to a surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner or child who has participated, either as a principal or as an accessory before the fact, in the willful and unlawful killing of the decedent.
[ 2008 c 6 § 918; 1997 c 252 § 50.]
NOTES:
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.