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ADMINISTRATION AND PROBATE ACT 1919 - SECT 72H

ADMINISTRATION AND PROBATE ACT 1919 - SECT 72H

72H—Division of estate when deceased is survived by spouse and/or domestic partner

        (1)         If an intestate is survived by a spouse or domestic partner, the spouse or domestic partner (as the case may be) is entitled to any personal chattels of the intestate.

        (2)         If an intestate is survived by a spouse and a domestic partner, each is entitled to an equal share of the property (including personal chattels of the intestate) that would have devolved on the spouse or domestic partner if the intestate had been survived only by a single spouse or domestic partner.

        (3)         If a dispute arises between a surviving spouse and a domestic partner as to the division between them of personal chattels of an intestate, the administrator may sell the personal chattels and divide the proceeds of the sale equally between them.