Devise or bequest to a spouse or domestic partner

D.C. Code § 19-112 — under Rights of Surviving Spouse or Domestic Partner, and Children..

D.C. Code § 19-112

Subject to section 19-114 , and unless it is otherwise expressed in the will, a devise of real estate or an interest therein, or a bequest of personal estate or an interest therein, to the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner, bars his or her share in the decedent’s estate.