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1
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A gift lapses if

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the beneficiary predeceases the testator.

2
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anti-lapse statutes

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Operate to save the gift if the predeceasing beneficiary was in a specified degree of relationship to the testator (e.g., descendant of the testator, grandparent, or descendant of the testator’s grandparents) and left descendants who survived the testator. These descendants take by substitution.

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If a will makes a gift to a class, only the class members who _______________________ take a share of the gift, unless the will provides otherwise or the anti-lapse statute’s requirements are met.

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survive the testator

4
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specific devise or legacy

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a gift of a particular item of property distinct from all other objects in the testator’s estate (e.g., “my three-carat diamond ring”)

5
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general legacy

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a gift of a general economic benefit (often a dollar amount) payable out of the general assets of the estate without requiring any particular source of payment (e.g., “I bequeath $5000 to Ann”)
-A gift of “100 shares of XYZ stock” or “100 acres of property in Smith County” can also be general legacies if the testator never owned those items and intended the executor to purchase them for the beneficiary.

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demonstrative legacy

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a gift of a general amount that is to be paid from a particular source or fund (e.g., I bequeath $5000 to Ann to be paid from the proceeds of the sale of my XYZ stock)
-treated as a specific legacy to the extent the source of payment is available and a general legacy to the extent of any shortfall of that source of payment

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residuary estate

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consists of the balance of the testator’s property after paying (i) debts, expenses, and taxes; and (ii) specific, general, and demonstrative gifts

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ademption

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the failure of a gift because the property is no longer in the testator’s estate at the time of her death

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Ademption applies to only

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specific devises and bequests.

10
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partial ademption

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beneficiary takes the remaining portion

11
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accessions

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increase to property after execution of will

12
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Most states permit inheritance from a nonmarital child’s father if

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paternity is established.

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In most states, paternity can be established if

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the father married the mother after the child’s birth; the man was adjudicated to be the father in a paternity suit; or after the man’s death, he is proved in the probate proceedings (usually by clear and convincing evidence) to have been the child’s father.