{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-190b-2-102","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 190B, § 2-102","heading":"Share of spouse","body":"Section 2–102. [Share of Spouse.]\nThe intestate share of a decedent's surviving spouse is:\n(1) the entire intestate estate if:\n(i) no descendant or parent of the decedent survives the decedent; or\n(ii) all of the decedent's surviving descendants are also descendants of the surviving spouse and there is no other descendant of the surviving spouse who survives the decedent;\n(2) the first $200,000, plus 3/4 of any balance of the intestate estate, if no descendant of the decedent survives the decedent, but a parent of the decedent survives the decedent;\n(3) the first $100,000 plus 1/2 of any balance of the intestate estate, if all of the decedent's surviving descendants are also descendants of the surviving spouse and the surviving spouse has 1 or more surviving descendants who are not descendants of the decedent;\n(4) the first $100,000 plus 1/2 of any balance of the intestate estate, if 1 or more of the decedent's surviving descendants are not descendants of the surviving spouse.","path":["Part II","Title II","Chapter 190B"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleII/Chapter190B/Section2-102","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:27Z","sha256":"7f6160b086c34f30fdb685b0b802a00a71397d9cd16957e1e1d49433cf50deb6","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-190b-2-101","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-190b-2-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}