afterborn heir
One born after the death of an intestate from whom the heir is entitled to inherit. See afterborn child under CHILD. [Cases: Descent and Distribution 7.]
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afterborn child
A child born after execution of a will or after the time in which a class gift closes. — Also spelled after-born child. See afterborn heir under HEIR. Cf. posthumous child. [Cases: Wills 524. C.J.S. Wills §§ 980–989, 991–993, 995–1004.]
pretermitted heir statute
pretermitted-heir statute. A state law that, under certain circumstances, grants an omitted heir the right to inherit a share of the testator’s estate, usu. by treating the heir as though the testator had died intestate. • Most states have a pretermitted-heir statute, under which an omitted child or spouse receives the same share of the
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inheritance
inheritance. 1. Property received from an ancestor under the laws of intestacy. [Cases: Descent and Distribution 1, 8. C.J.S. Descent and Distribution §§ 1–5, 9–12; Right of Privacy and Publicity§ 42.] 2. Property that a person receives by bequest or devise. dual inheritance. An adopted child’s intestate inheritance through both his adopted family and his
shifting inheritance
Under intestacy laws, an inheritance that is transferred from an heir who was living when the intestate died to an afterborn heir who is more closely related to the intestate.
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