Virginia Code 64.2-2505: Interests dependent on survivorship or continuance of life
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Any interest in property, whether vested or not, held by the slayer subject to be divested, diminished in any way, or extinguished if the decedent survives him or lives to a certain age shall be held by the slayer during his lifetime or until the decedent would have reached such age, but shall then pass as if the decedent had died immediately after the death of the slayer or the reaching of such age.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 64.2-2505
- Decedent: means any person whose life has been taken as a result of murder or voluntary manslaughter. See Virginia Code 64.2-2500
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Property: includes any real and personal property and any right or interest therein. See Virginia Code 64.2-2500
- Slayer: means any person (i) who is convicted of the murder or voluntary manslaughter of the decedent or, (ii) in the absence of such conviction, who is determined, whether before or after his death, by a court of appropriate jurisdiction by a preponderance of the evidence to have committed one of the offenses listed in clause (i) resulting in the death of the decedent. See Virginia Code 64.2-2500
1981, c. 469, § 55-408; 2012, c. 614.