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.
D.C. Code § 19-112
Devise or bequest to a spouse or domestic partner
Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 696, Pub
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