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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="1-202" title_number="1" title_name="Estates of Decedents -- General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Determining Relationship">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A surviving spouse is not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person who has received an absolute divorce from the decedent or whose marriage to the decedent has been validly annulled;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person who has voluntarily appeared in a proceeding in which an absolute divorce between the decedent and the survivor, or an annulment of their marriage was obtained, even though not recognized as valid in this State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A person who participates in a marriage ceremony with a third person, after a decree or judgment of divorce or annulment obtained by the decedent; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A person who has been convicted of bigamy while married to the decedent.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subsection (a)(2) of this section does not apply if the parties to the divorce or annulment subsequently remarry each other.</text>
  </level>
</section>
