Dan, a widower, dies intestate.He leaves two surviving children, Joe and Carrie, and two grandchildren who are children of his deceased daughter, Debra.If Joe and Carrie each take one-third of his estate and the grandchildren each take one-sixth of the estate, this is described legally by the statement that:

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In this scenario, the estate is divided per stirpes, meaning that the descendants of a deceased individual (in this case, Debra's children) inherit the share that their parent would have received if alive. Joe and Carrie, as surviving children, each take one-third, while Debra's children (the grandchildren) split what would have been Debra's third, each taking one-sixth. This is a classic example of distribution per stirpes, where descendants take the share of their deceased ancestor.

Dan, a Widower, Dies Intestate