NY A10019

Separates the grounds for disqualifying a surviving spouse by creating distinct provisions for divorce decrees versus annulment or nullity decrees.

Allows annulment or nullity decrees issued after the deceased spouse's death to disqualify the surviving spouse, with the marriage retroactively deemed void immediately prior to death.

Removes the ground of "dissolving such marriage on the ground of absence" from the divorce provision, making it apply only to annulment and nullity cases.

Renumbers existing disqualification provisions from (3) through (6) to (4) through (7) to accommodate the new annulment/nullity provision as subsection (2).

Takes effect immediately upon enactment.