Delaware § 302 Raising share of after-born child

Delaware Statutes

§ 302 — Raising share of after-born child

Delaware § 302

JurisdictionDelaware

Title12

PartWills

Ch. 3AFTER-BORN CHILDREN; MARRIAGE AFTER WILL

Subch.After-Born Children

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Bluebook

Del. Code tit. 12, § 302 (2026).

Text

Towards the raising of the portion of an after-born child, any intestate estate of the deceased, real or personal, shall be first applied and the residue of such portion, if there be a deficiency of such intestate estate to make up the same, or the whole of the portion if there be no such intestate estate, shall be contributed proportionable by the devisees and legatees, taking under the last will and testament, out of the estate or parts devised or bequeathed to them respectively.

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Towards the raising of the portion of an after-born child, any intestate estate of the deceased, real or personal, shall be first applied and the residue of such portion, if there be a deficiency of such intestate estate to make up the same, or the whole of the portion if there be no such intestate estate, shall be contributed proportionable by the devisees and legatees, taking under the last will and testament, out of the estate or parts devised or bequeathed to them respectively.