Sec. 4. 18-A MRSA §2-102, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 540, §1, is amended to read:

§2-102. Share of the spouse or domestic partner

The intestate share of the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner is:

(1) If there is no surviving issue or parent of the decedent, the entire intestate estate:;

(2) If there is no surviving issue but the decedent is survived by a parent or parents, the first $50,000, plus 1/2 of the balance of the intestate estate;

(3) If there are surviving issue all of whom are issue of the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner also, the first $50,000, plus 1/2 of the balance of the intestate estate; or

(4) If there are surviving issue one or more of whom are not issue of the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner, 1/2 of the intestate estate.

Sec. 5. 18-A MRSA §2-103, as amended by PL 1981, c. 94, is further amended to read:

§2-103. Share of heirs other than surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner

The part of the intestate estate not passing to the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner under section 2-102, or the entire estate if there is no surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner, passes as follows:

(1) To the issue of the decedent; to be distributed per capita at each generation as defined in section 2-106;