1. (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the share of a surviving spouse or registered domestic partner shall be the entire intestate estate.
2. (b) If there is a surviving minor child, the share shall be one-half.
3. (c) If there is no surviving minor child, but there is surviving issue who are not issue of the surviving spouse or registered domestic partner, the share shall be the first $100,000 plus one-half of the residue.
4. (d) For the purposes of this section, the net estate shall be calculated without a deduction for the tax as defined in § 7-308 of the Tax--General Article.

Added by Acts 1974, c. 11, § 2, eff. July 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1978, c. 111; Acts 1982, c. 264; Acts 1991, c. 55, § 1; Acts 2017, c. 626, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2017; Acts 2017, c. 627, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2017; Acts 2019, c. 262, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2019; Acts 2023, c. 647, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2023.

Formerly Art. 93, § 3-102.