§2-212. Right of election personal to surviving spouse
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The right of election may be exercised only by a surviving spouse who is living when the petition for the elective share is filed in the court under section 2-211, subsection 1 . If the election is not exercised by the surviving spouse personally, it may be exercised on the surviving spouse's behalf by the surviving spouse's conservator or agent under authority of a power of attorney. [PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).]