All real estate of any person who may hereafter die, as to which he may die intestate, or which, though he die testate, shall not by his will be charged with or devised subject to the payment of his debts, or which may remain after satisfying the debts with which it may be so charged, or subject to which it may be so devised, shall be assets for the payment of the decedent’s debts and all lawful demands against his estate, in the order in which the personal estate of a decedent is directed to be applied.
W. Va. Code § 44-8-3
Real estate to be assets for payment of debts
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 241 W. Va. 291 - Jonathan E. Presnell v. Eston J. Presnell, III (2019)
Most recently applied in 241 W. Va. 291 - Jonathan E. Presnell v. Eston J. Presnell, III (February 2019)
Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.