# ORS § 112.025: 112.025 Share of surviving spouse if decedent leaves descendants

> Oregon · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T12_C112_S112.025

## Section

- **Citation:** ORS § 112.025
- **Heading:** 112.025 Share of surviving spouse if decedent leaves descendants
- **Jurisdiction:** Oregon
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** OR Code / Title 12 / Chapter 112 / Section 112.025

## Text

If the decedent leaves a surviving spouse and one or more descendants, the intestate share of the surviving spouse is:

(1) If there are one or more surviving descendants of the decedent all of whom are descendants of the surviving spouse also, the entire net intestate estate.

(2) If there are one or more surviving descendants of the decedent one or more of whom are not descendants of the surviving spouse, one-half of the net intestate estate. [1969 c.591 §20; 1987 c.329 §1; 2016 c.42 §2]

Source: Section 112.025 — Share of surviving spouse if decedent leaves descendants , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors112.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).

## Nearby sections

- [ORS § 112.015 112.015 Net intestate estate](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T12_C112_S112.015.md)
- [ORS § 112.025 112.025 Share of surviving spouse if decedent leaves descendants](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T12_C112_S112.025.md)
- [ORS § 112.035 112.035 Share of surviving spouse if decedent leaves no descendant](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T12_C112_S112.035.md)
- [ORS § 112.045 112.045 Share of others than surviving spouse](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T12_C112_S112.045.md)
- [ORS § 112.047 112.047 Forfeiture of parent’s share by reason of termination of parental rights or desertion or neglect](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T12_C112_S112.047.md)
- [ORS § 112.049 112.049 Petition for forfeiture of parent’s share](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T12_C112_S112.049.md)
- [ORS § 112.055 112.055 Escheat](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T12_C112_S112.055.md)
- [ORS § 112.058 112.058 Preferences and presumptions in escheat proceedings](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T12_C112_S112.058.md)
- [ORS § 112.065 112.065 Passage by representation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T12_C112_S112.065.md)
- [ORS § 112.077 112.077 Time of determining relationships](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T12_C112_S112.077.md)
- [ORS § 112.095 112.095 Persons of the half blood](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T12_C112_S112.095.md)
- [ORS § 112.105 112.105 Succession where parents not married](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T12_C112_S112.105.md)
- [ORS § 112.115 112.115 Persons related to decedent through two lines](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T12_C112_S112.115.md)
- [ORS § 112.135 112.135 When gift is an advancement](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T12_C112_S112.135.md)

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