District of Columbia Statutes

§ 19-307 — Grandchildren’s share.

District of Columbia·Title 19 Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]·Ch. 3 Intestates’ Estates.
(a)Subject to subsection (b) of this section, and to section 19-319, when the intestate leaves a child and a child of a deceased child, the child of the deceased child takes such share as his deceased parent would, if living, be entitled to, and every other descendant in existence at the death of the intestate stands in the place of his deceased ancestor.
(b)Those in equal degree claiming in the place of an ancestor take equal shares.

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Related

Somerville v. Randall
908 A.2d 1155 (District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 2006)
Lanston v. Schwartz
174 F.2d 31 (D.C. Circuit, 1949)

Legislative History

Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 698, Pub. L. 89-183, § 1

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