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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I would appreciate hearing how others would interpret the following Will provision:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“I give all of my estate to my children, A and B, and my grandchildren X, Y, and Z, and any children born subsequent hereto, to be divided equally among said children, share
and share alike, or to their children by right of representation: PROVIDED, that as any child of mine who has not reached the age of 25 years at the time of my death, such child’s share of my estate shall go to my Trustee hereinafter name in TRUST.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Assume that child B predeceased the testator and left no descendants and X, Y, and Z are all adult children of A.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I see two possible interpretations: A, X, Y, and Z each take 25% because the phrase “I give all of my estate to my children, A and B, and my grandchildren X, Y, and Z” includes
the grandchildren, or, A takes 100% because the phrase “to be divided equally among said children share and share alike, or to their children by right of representation” means that A’s children are only contingent beneficiaries and since A survived the testator
they take nothing. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thoughts?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Sincerely,<br>
Jon M. Fritzler<br>
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