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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The attached 2013 case from Nebraska (as of early 2015) did a nice job of addressing these issues.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">These terms really are not as straightforward as they seem, especially in the niece/nephew category.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A quick note, however, that there are TWO key statutes to read, in
<u>this exact order</u> to avoid “more confusion than one will already feel”:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">First</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">, in
<a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.04.015">RCW 11.04.015</a>, to see if it address sharing equally or taking by representation if not in the same degree of kinship (do NOT skip this step and go straight to step two), e.g., sub (2)(c),
for example “If the intestate not be survived by issue or by either parent, then to those issue of the parent or parents who survive the intestate; if they are all in the
<u>same degree of kinship</u> to the intestate, they shall <u>take equally</u>, or, if of
<u>unequal degree</u>, then <u>those of more remote degree</u> shall take <u>by representation</u>”;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">…and
<i>then</i>, <u>second</u>, from <a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.02.005">
RCW 11.02.005</a>(3) and (17), note the degree of kinship definition and “add” the definition of “representation” to the applicable phrase from .015 above in place of “representation.”
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I know this sounds convoluted, but in the right circumstances, you can think you’re mean to be or not to be calculating something at some certain degree of kinship and you’re
not in the correct degree and can get it all wrong. (Sorry.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Best, Josh
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Lewis, Amy C.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Susan,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> My understanding of “by right of representation” under Washington law is what you are showing for per stirpes, not what you are showing for “by representation.” Under Washington law, you divide at the first generation where
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<p class="MsoNormal"> I believe if you had a case where all of the children are deceased and you are dealing with grandchildren and greatgrandchildren then there can be a difference between per stirpes and by right of representation because the
generation used for creating the shares would be different. Of course much depends on state law and how different states define these terms.
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