ABSTRACT
The respective family provision legislation or statutory provisions, as the case may be, of Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and The Bahamas provide for the surviving spouse, which includes a statutory spouse with the exception of The Bahamas, to apply for and obtain a share or larger share of a deceased spouse’s estate, whether on a testacy, intestacy or partial intestacy of such spouse. Other than the quantum of financial provision which may be awarded to a surviving spouse applicant in Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago, the legislation governing spousal family provision in Guyana, Jamaica, The Bahamas and Trinidad and Tobago is almost identical to the Inheritance Act, 1975 England.
