{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-112","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 19-112","heading":"Devise or bequest to a spouse or domestic partner.","body":"Subject to section 19-114  , and unless it is otherwise expressed in the will, a devise of real estate or an interest therein, or a bequest of personal estate or an interest therein, to the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner, bars his or her share in the decedent’s estate.","path":["Title 19. Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]","Chapter 1. Rights of Surviving Spouse or Domestic Partner, and Children."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/19-112","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"3f02d0cf63bbc28e45298641634f23e0a55dbb3e0987b600d3ceb64d9af9f746","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-111","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-113"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}