District Of Columbia § 19-314 - Share of posthumous children.
Full text of District Of Columbia D.C. Code § 19-314 — Share of posthumous children., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 19-314. Share of posthumous children.
19-314A right in the inheritance to real or personal property does not accrue to or vest in a person other than the children of the intestate and their descendants, unless the person is in being and capable in law to take as heir or distributee at the time of the intestate’s death; but a child or descendant of the intestate born after the death of the intestate has the same right of inheritance as if born before his death.
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Section 19-314 ("Share of posthumous children.") is part of the D.C. Code, the codified statutory law of District Of Columbia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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