When any joint tenant or tenant by the entireties of an interest in real or personal property, whether such interest be a present interest, or by way of reversion or remainder or other future interest, shall die, his share shall descend or be disposed of as if he had been a tenant in common.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 36. Estates and Property
Article 1. Creation of Estates Generally
§36-1-1. Creation of Estates; Necessity of Deed or Will
§36-1-2. Power of Attorney to Execute Deed of Land; Necessity of Writing
§36-1-3. Contracts for Sale or Lease of Land; Necessity of Writing
§36-1-4a. Memorandum of Trust; Requirements; Recordation
§36-1-5. Gifts of Personal Property
§36-1-7. Rights of Persons Not Parties to Instrument
§36-1-8. Conveyance by Attorney in Fact
§36-1-9. Conveyance of Various Interests and Future Estates in Land or Personal Property
§36-1-10. Operation of Conveyance in Excess of Actual Interest
§36-1-11. Fee Simple May Be Created Without Words of Limitation
§36-1-13. Limitations Contingent Upon Death
§36-1-14. Rule in Shelley's Case Abolished
§36-1-15. Contingent Remainder; Validity; Indestructibility
§36-1-16. Interest in Property Coupled With Power of Disposal
§36-1-19. Joint Tenancy; Tenancy by Entireties; Survivorship
§36-1-20. When Survivorship Preserved
§36-1-20a. Elimination of Need for Straw Party in Creating Joint Tenancy With Right of Survivorship
§36-1-24. Options in Leases Not Affected by Rule Against Perpetuities