Spouses’ entitlement where any issue are not issue of a surviving spouse

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If an intestate leaves more than one spouse and any issue who are not issue of a surviving spouse, the spouses are entitled to share, in accordance with this Division—

(a)

the intestate’s personal effects, and

(b)

the statutory legacy that would be payable if the intestate had left only one surviving spouse, and

(c)

one-half of the remainder (if any) of the intestate estate.

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124 Spouses’ entitlement where any issue are not issue of a surviving spouse