dies leaving a husband or wife and issue
2 dies leaving a husband or wife and issue
where the net value of the intestate property (other than the household chattels) does not exceed the sum of $472 000 (or, if there is a declared sum for item 2 applicable to the intestate, that sum) — the surviving husband or wife shall be entitled to the whole of the intestate property;
(Note provisions of subsection (3))
where the net value of the intestate property (other than the household chattels) exceeds the sum of $472 000 (or, if there is a declared sum for item 2 applicable to the intestate, that sum) — the surviving husband or wife shall (in addition to the household chattels) be entitled to the sum of $472 000 (or, if there is a declared sum for item 2 applicable to the intestate, that sum), absolutely, together with interest on that sum in accordance with subsection (4) and, of the residue, the surviving husband or wife shall be entitled to one third and the issue shall be entitled in accordance with subsection (2b) to the other two‑thirds;
3. dies leaving a husband or wife and one or more of the following, namely, a parent, a brother or sister, or child of a brother or sister, but leaving no issue
where the net value of the intestate property (other than the household chattels) does not exceed the sum of $705 000 (or, if there is a declared sum for item 3(a) and (b) applicable to the intestate, that sum) — the surviving husband or wife shall be entitled to the whole of the intestate property;
where the net value of the intestate property (other than the household chattels) exceeds the sum of $705 000 (or, if there is a declared sum for item 3(a) and (b) applicable to the intestate, that sum) — the surviving husband or wife shall (in addition to the household chattels) be entitled to the sum of $705 000 (or, if there is a declared sum for item 3(a) and (b) applicable to the intestate, that sum), absolutely, together with interest on that sum in accordance with subsection (4), and, of the residue, the surviving husband or wife shall be entitled to one‑half and, as to the other half —
where the intestate is survived by one parent or both parents —
if the value of that other half does not exceed the sum of $56 500 (or, if there is a declared sum for item 3(b)(i) applicable to the intestate, that sum) or if no brother, sister, or child of a brother or sister survives the intestate — the parent or parents shall be entitled (in equal shares where both survive the intestate) to that other half;
in any other case — the parent or parents shall be entitled (in equal shares where both survive the intestate) to the sum of $56 500 (or, if there is a declared sum for item 3(b)(i) applicable to the intestate, that sum), absolutely, and of the remainder, the parent or parents shall be entitled (in equal shares where both survive the intestate) to one‑half and the brothers and sisters of the intestate and the children of deceased brothers and sisters of the intestate shall be entitled in accordance with subsection (3a) to the other half;
where neither parent survives the intestate — the brothers and sisters of the intestate and the children of deceased brothers and sisters of the intestate shall be entitled in accordance with subsection (3a) to the other half;
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