If there are no children, yes.
If there are children, no. The estate is to be divided among the children and spouse, with the spouse guaranteed no less than 1/3 of the estate.
There are ways to avoid this result if everyone cooperates
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Answered on Aug 17th, 2012 at 9:31 AM