11.84.140 - Slayer determination -- Conviction -- Preponderance of evidence. - Washington Statutes

Slayer determination — Conviction — Preponderance of evidence.

(1) A final judgment of conviction for the willful and unlawful killing of the decedent is conclusive for purposes of determining whether a person is a slayer under this section.

     (2) In the absence of a criminal conviction, a superior court finding by a preponderance of the evidence that a person participated in the willful and unlawful killing of the decedent is conclusive for purposes of determining whether a person is a slayer under this section.

[2009 c 525 § 14.]