District of Columbia Code Division III. Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations. § 19-2306. Disposition of property at death.

(a) One-half of the property to which this chapter applies belongs to the surviving community-property spouse of a decedent and is not subject to disposition by the decedent at death.

(b) One-half of the property to which this chapter applies belongs to the decedent and is subject to disposition by the decedent at death.

(c) The property that belongs to the decedent under subsection (b) of this section is not subject to the elective-share right of the surviving community-property spouse.

(d) This section does not apply to property transferred by right of survivorship or under a revocable trust or other nonprobate transfer.

(e) This section does not limit the right of a surviving community-property spouse to a homestead allowance under § 19-101.02.

(f) If at death a decedent purports to transfer to a third person property that, under this section, belongs to the surviving community-property spouse and transfers other property to the surviving community-property spouse, this section does not limit the authority of the court under other law of the District to require that the community-property spouse elect between retaining the property transferred to the community-property spouse or asserting rights under this chapter.