(a) An “heir by killing” means any person who knowingly participates, either as a principal or as an accessory before the fact, in the willful and unlawful killing of the decedent.

(b) No heir by killing shall in any way acquire any trust or restricted interests in land or interests in trust personalty as the result of the decedent’s death.

(c) The heir by killing shall be deemed to have predeceased the decedent as to the decedent’s trust or restricted interests in land or trust personalty which would have passed from the decedent or their estate to such heir. [Ord. 52 § 9401, amended, 4/27/2023; Ord. 50A § 9701, amended, 6/22/2017.]