| | | (2) If there is no surviving issue, to the decedent's parent | | or parents equally; |
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| | | (3) If there is no surviving issue or parent, to the issue of | | the parents or either of them to be distributed per capita at | | each generation as defined in section 2-106; |
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| | | (4) If there is no surviving issue, parent or issue of a | | parent, but the decedent is survived by one or more grandparents | | or issue of grandparents, half of the estate passes to the | | paternal grandparents if both survive, or to the surviving | | paternal grandparent, or to the issue of the paternal | | grandparents if both are deceased to be distributed per capita at | | each generation as defined in section 2-106; and the other half | | passes to the maternal relatives in the same manner; but if there | be is no surviving grandparent or issue of grandparents on either | | the paternal or maternal side, the entire estate passes to the | relatives on the other side in the same manner as the half.; or |
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| | | (5) If there is no surviving issue, parent or issue of a | | parent, grandparent or issue of a grandparent, but the decedent | | is survived by one or more great grandparents or issue of great | | grandparents, half of the estate passes to the paternal great | | grandparents who survive, or to the issue of the paternal great | | grandparents if all are deceased, to be distributed per capita at | | each generation as defined in section 2-106; and the other half | | passes to the maternal relatives in the same manner; but if there | | is no surviving great grandparent or issue of a great grandparent | | on either the paternal or maternal side, the entire estate passes | | to the relatives on the other side in the same manner as the | | half. |
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| | | Sec. 6. 18-A MRSA §3-203, sub-§(a), ¶(2), as enacted by PL 1979, c. 540, | | §1, is amended to read: |
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| | | (2) The surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner of | | the decedent who is a devisee of the decedent; |
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| | | Sec. 7. 18-A MRSA §3-203, sub-§(a), ¶(4), as enacted by PL 1979, c. 540, | | §1, is amended to read: |
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| | | (4) The surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner of | | the decedent; |
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| | | Sec. 8. 18-A MRSA §5-311, sub-§(b), ¶(2), as enacted by PL 1979, c. 540, | | §1, is amended to read: |
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| | | (2) The spouse or domestic partner of the incapacitated | | person; |
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