Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Ohio
Wills
children named equally in will, can I name their estate if the predecease me
Asked on 2/16/02, 12:13 am
2 Answers from Attorneys
Gregg Manes
Gregg A. Manes, Esq.
Re: Wills
Absolutely, you can devise your property inany way you desire as long as it is legal. You are talking about a "per stirpes" devise.
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Answered on 3/01/02, 11:44 pm
Re: Wills
If you are drafting your own will, you can name each of your children and specify if they predecease you to their probate estate. Just naming them with no other survivorship language in the Will does the same thing. If you want it to go to your grandchildren and not a child's wife you would say "or if my child predeceases me, to his/her lineal descendants, per stirpes." That takes it down the blood-line.
Answered on 2/16/02, 11:00 am