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	Pretermitted Heir definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Upon the parent's death, a pretermitted heir has the right to demand the estate’s share that he/she would have otherwise received as an heir under the laws of distribution and descent.
		The rationale is that the parent either inadvertently forgot to mention the child or incorrectly thought that the child was dead.
		His omitted child, who has not spoken to him for 20 years, is a pretermitted heir entitled to one-third of the estate, and will receive $340,000 compared to his siblings' specified $10,000 each.
	www.legal-explanations.com /definitions/pretermitted-heir.htm (178 words)

	Intestacy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Intestacy law, also referred to as the law of descent and distribution or intestate succession statutes, refers to the body of common law that determines who is entitled to the property from the estate under the rules of inheritance.
		This share can often only be decreased on account of some very specific misconduct by the heir.
		When referring to the devolution of estates generally in an international context, the "laws of succession" is the commonplace term covering testate and intestate estates in common law jurisdictions together with forced heirship rules typically applying in civil law and Sharia law jurisdictions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Intestacy (466 words)

	88 Wn.2d 788, IN RE ESTATE OF HASTINGS
		The purpose of the pretermitted heir statute, RCW 11.12.090, is not to prevent disinheritance of children or their descendants but rather to guard against their inadvertent or unintentional disinheritance.
		The pretermitted heir statute, RCW 11.12.090, does not apply to children who die prior to the execution of the parent's will or to the descendants of such child.
		Pretermitted heir statutes existed originally for the protection of children born after the execution of the will, those most likely to be mistakenly omitted.
	www.mrsc.org /mc/courts/supreme/088wn2d/088wn2d0788.htm (3122 words)

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		Reasoning: The pretermitted heir statute provides that the omitted child, and his issue (here the grandchildren Appellants) are presumed to be inadvertently left out, and thus entitled to their intestate share unless it appears from the will that the omission was intentional.
		As to the interests of the heirs who did not take part in the wrongdoing, their shares should also be subject to the constructive trust because they would not have had anything anyway but for the wrongdoing.
		The heirs of the Testator intervened and asked for a reversion of the property should the petition for a private trustee be denied.
	www.yourlawprof.com /22w/law13/trustbriefs.htm (13944 words)

	In re Estate of Elizabeth Robbins
		PRETERMITTED HEIR: Except as otherwise expressly provided by this will and the Elizabeth C. Robbins Revocable Trust, I intentionally make no provisions for the benefit of any other heir of mine except as their [sic] rights are expressly set out in Elizabeth C. Robbins Revocable Trust.
		We hold, therefore, that the probate court erred in concluding that the petitioners are not pretermitted heirs pursuant to RSA 551:10.
		We held that the use of the term "heirs" was sufficient to deprive a child of the protection of the pretermitted heir statute.
	www.courts.state.nh.us /supreme/opinions/2000/erobbins.htm (1139 words)

	Legal terms & estate related definitions - Attorney, Norman E. Reitz
		Heir - One who is entitled to inherit property through the laws of intestate succession.
		Pretermitted Heir - A biological heir who is not mentioned in a testamentary document.
		A tenancy in common interest will pass at death to heirs at law or to designated beneficiaries in a will or trust.
	www.estatecontest.com /Definitions.htm (1663 words)

	CONK! Encyclopedia: Will_(law) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		A will may not include a requirement that an heir commit an illegal, immoral, or other act against public policy as a condition of receipt.
		Under laws of certain states of the United States of America, a will cannot be used to disinherit a surviving spouse, who is entitled to at least a portion of the testator's estate.
		In some jurisdictions, the complete revocation of a will automatically revives the next most recent will, while others hold that revocation leaves the testator with no will so that his heirs will instead inherit by intestate succession.
	www.conk.com /search/encyclopedia.cgi?q=Will_(law) (1263 words)

	27 Wn. App. 895, IN RE ESTATE OF MARSHALL
		The intent of the testator, for purposes of the pretermitted heir statute (RCW 11.12.090), is to be given such weight as may be apparent from the language of the will.
		For purposes of the pretermitted heir statute, RCW 11.12.090, an adopted child who is named in a will in some other capacity than as a child is not "named or provided for" in the will and is deemed pretermitted.
		The word child in the context of the pretermitted heir statute refers to legal heir, SEE IN RE ESTATE OF HAMILTON, 73 Wn.2d 865, 441 P.2d 768 (1968), and the age of the child is irrelevant.
	www.mrsc.org /mc/courts/appellate/027wnapp/027wnapp0895.htm (1678 words)

	Estate of Todd (1941) 17 C2d 270
		The decision was properly based on the ground that section 1307 made pretermitted heirs of only those grandchildren who were the issue of a child of the testator dead at the time the will was made.
		In the present case the question of whether or not the grandson, Ridgeway Todd, is a pretermitted heir under section 90, turns upon the determination of whether or not he succeeds {Page 17 Cal.2d 278} to his parent's share under section 92.
		In this light Ridgeway Todd must be considered a pretermitted heir under the provisions of Probate Code, section 90, and he is therefore entitled to one-half of his grandfather's estate as his intestate share.
	online.ceb.com /calcases/C2/17C2d270.htm (2025 words)

	Pamela Robbins & a. v. Bertha G. Johnson & a.
		They contend that if the trust is testamentary, the pretermitted heir statute applies to it because it is the functional equivalent of a will.
		We do not believe that the plaintiffs have argued that the pretermitted heir statute applies to the assets held in trust because the trust is invalid and, therefore, the assets pass through Robbins’ will.
		Duggan, J., concurring specially: I agree with the majority’s analysis and that the pretermitted heir statute does not apply here but believe we must address the plaintiffs’ arguments that the trust is not a valid trust.
	www.state.nh.us /judiciary/supreme/opinions/2001/robbi160.htm (1429 words)

	LeanLegal Dictionary - P
		pretermitted heir A child or spouse who is not mentioned in a will and whom the court believes was accidentally overlooked by the person who made the will.
		For example, a child born or adopted after the will is made may be deemed a pretermitted heir.
		If the court determines that an heir was accidentally omitted, that heir is entitled to receive the same share of the estate as she would have if the deceased had died without a will.
	www.leanlegal.com /dictionary/p.asp (4309 words)

	73 Wn.2d 865, In the Matter of the Estate of BENJAMIN W. HAMILTON, Deceased SHIRLEY MCGUIRE HAMILTON, Appellant, v. ...
		HUNTER, J. This is an appeal from a judgment entered by the trial court, in a probate proceeding, which determined that the appellant, Shirley McGuire Hamilton, was not a pretermitted heir under RCW 11.12.090; and a crossappeal from the court's allowance of attorney's fees.
		After a hearing, the trial court disallowed certain items in the proposed final accounting, and found that "Shirley McGuire Hamilton was not a pretermitted heir of the decedent within the terms of RCW 11.12.090" because she had been named in the will.
		We hold that Shirley M. Hamilton is entitled to share in the estate of Benjamin W. Hamilton as a pretermitted heir under RCW 11.12.090.
	www.mrsc.org /mc/courts/supreme/073wn2d/073wn2d0865.htm (1367 words)

	PRETERMITTED HEIRS/WILLS/DECEDENTS' ESTATES/PROBATE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		67 says a pretermitted child means a child of a testator who, during the lifetime of the testator, or after his death, is born or adopted after the execution of the will of the testator.
		A pretermitted child succeeds to a portion of the testator's estate whenever the pretermitted child is not mentioned in the testator's will, provided for in the testator's will or otherwise provided for by the testator under Sec.
		Ozuna tried to argue that she was still pretermitted since she was not provided for as a "child," but the court did not buy her argument.
	www.firstam.com /landsakes/html/email/102003pret.html (427 words)

	Arkansas Community Bankers - Trusts and Estates Glossary
		An heir is one who is given property (his or her inheritance) either through a will or through state laws (laws of descent or distribution) regarding the distribution of a decedent's property.
		If a person dies intestate, the person's property passes to his or her heirs as required by the applicable state statute (the laws of descent and distribution), regardless of how the person who died may have intended the property to pass.
		A pretermitted heir is a child omitted from a will by the maker of the will (the testator).
	www.acbonline.org /l_gloss_trust.htm (13347 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Roman Law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Upon the dissolution of the marriage the profective dowry might be reclaimed by the wife's father, and the adventitious by the wife or her heirs.
		The instituted heir, as successor to the universal rights of the decedent, was required to have passive testamentary capacity at the time of the will and at the time of the death; the intervening period was of no consequence.
		In a conditional institution of the heir, capacity was necessary at the time of the will, at the time of the death, and at the time of the happening of the condition.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09079a.htm (12228 words)

	In re Estate of Laura
		On appeal, the petitioners argue that the probate court erred in: (1) ruling that the testator did not revoke his will when he drafted an unexecuted codicil in 1990; (2) ruling that the testator's great-grandchildren were not pretermitted heirs under RSA 551:10 (1974); and (3) refusing to segregate certain assets from the testator's estate.
		In addition, the master ruled that the testator's great-grandchildren were not pretermitted heirs under RSA 551:10.
		Accordingly, the testator's great-grandchildren were not pretermitted heirs under RSA 551:10 and were not entitled to collect an intestate share of his estate.
	www.nh.gov /judiciary/supreme/opinions/1997/95-156.htm (2740 words)

	Ethics Opinions - FORMAL OPINION NO. 1976-41
		A lawyer representing a pretermitted heir of a decedent is not thereby disqualified from representing the same person in seeking letters of administration with the will annexed of the decedent's estate.
		However, the controlling question is whether representing the pretermitted heir in obtaining letters of administration with the will annexed is, in substance, tantamount to representing the beneficiaries of the will, thereby giving rise to a representation of conflicting interests.
		At first blush, it might appear that the assertion of rights as a pretermitted heir amounts to a challenge of the will which (by virtue of the fact that the personal representative has been appointed "with the will annexed") the personal representative is charged with administering.
	www.calbar.ca.gov /calbar/html_unclassified/ca76-41.html (968 words)

	The Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
		And for the question which may arise sometimes, who it is that the monarch in possession hath designed to the succession and inheritance of his power, it is determined by his express words and testament; or by other tacit signs sufficient.
		For the word heir does not of itself imply the children or nearest kindred of a man; but whomsoever a man shall any way declare he would have to succeed him in his estate.
		If therefore a monarch declare expressly that such a man shall be his heir, either by word or writing, then is that man immediately after the decease of his predecessor invested in the right of being monarch.
	osu.orst.edu /instruct/phl302/texts/hobbes/leviathan-d.html (10911 words)

	Comments -- July 2003 Texas Bar Examination
		Robby: While most examinees recognized that Robby was a pretermitted heir, many of them did not correctly state or apply the applicable rule of law to the facts.
		Another common mistake was to give the pretermitted heir a share of the estate left to Toni, the wife.
		Becky and Tim: Some examinees incorrectly stated or incorrectly applied the pretermitted heir rule and came to incorrect conclusions regarding the interest of Becky and Tim in the stock.
	www.ble.state.tx.us /Comments/comments_0703.htm (5149 words)

	Estate of Talmage (1952) 114 CA2d 18
		PEEK, J. This is an appeal by plaintiff from the judgment and order denying her claim as a pretermitted heir of Frank Talmage and decreeing final distribution of the estate.
		Through her guardian ad litem Joan filed objections to the petition for distribution of her grandfather's estate upon the ground that under Probate Code, section 90, she was a pretermitted heir and hence entitled to succeed to the same share of his estate as if he had died intestate.
		Thus Joan Talmage, being an heir of the decedent within the excluded class and the omission as shown by the face of the will to have been intentional, she is therefore precluded from sharing in the estate except for the nominal sum of $1.00 as provided in paragraph Eighth.
	online.ceb.com /calcases/CA2/114CA2d18.htm (815 words)

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		A pretermitted heir is an heir, usually a child, who is not mentioned in the will, but who would have inherited under a state law if there had been no will.
		The court, however, will find the baby a pretermitted heir and award the baby her intestate share of the estate which is one-fourth.
		As with a pretermitted heir, a court will presume that a deceased spouse did not intend to disinherit a surviving spouse unless it is specifically stated in the will.
	www.lawyeratlarge.com /Common/Previews/Estate1.html (16863 words)

	Van Strien v. Jones (1956) 46 C2d 705
		The present action was brought against the widow individually alleging that the plaintiff was a pretermitted heir of the deceased and that the defendant held property which came into her possession by way of a constructive trust in the plaintiff's favor.
		Upon the hearing of a petition filed on behalf of the grandchildren, the trial court held that they were pretermitted heirs of the deceased and entitled to their proportionate share of the estate.
		Now it is settled law that a pretermitted heir seeking his interest under this section of the code is not a contestant and does not contest the will.
	online.ceb.com /calcases/C2/46C2d705.htm (2710 words)

	ca04-886
		In that order, the court stated that Samuel's will had been probated and that Jimmy was a pretermitted heir entitled to an intestate share of Samuel'sestate, subject to Gladys's widow's allowances and dower during her lifetime.
		On January 13, 2003, the attorney for the administratrix wrote the circuit judge, stating that it was his and the administratrix's belief that she should not take a side in the dispute.
		The court found that Jimmy was a pretermitted heir entitled to an intestate share of the estate, subject only to the widow's allowances and dower during her lifetime.
	courts.state.ar.us /opinions/2005a/20050309/ca04-886.html (2674 words)

	Estate of McClure (1963) 214 CA2d 590
		COUGHLIN, J. The issue on this appeal is whether a granddaughter is a pretermitted heir of her grandmother's estate or was excluded from participation therein by the terms of a purported disinheritance clause in the grandmother's will.
		Joan Farmer, who is the appellant herein, is the daughter of a deceased son of Portia E. McClure; was not named as a devisee or legatee in the latter's will; and instituted heirship proceedings to adjudicate her claim as an alleged pretermitted heir under the provisions of section 90 of the Probate Code.
		Obviously he was not an heir and could not be the subject of her bounty.
	online.ceb.com /calcases/CA2/214CA2d590.htm (889 words)

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