2010 Massachusetts Code
PART II REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS
TITLE II DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION, WILLS, ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS AND ABSENTEES, GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP AND TRUSTS
CHAPTER 190 DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
Section 8 Inheritance or succession by right of representation; posthumous children
[Text of section effective until July 1, 2011. Repealed by 2008, 521, Sec. 7. See 2008, 521, Sec. 44.]
Section 8. Inheritance or succession by right of representation is the taking by the descendants of a deceased heir of the same share or right in the estate of another person as their parent would have taken if living. Posthumous children shall be considered as living at the death of their parent.
[Chapter 190A effective until July 1, 2011. Repealed by 2008, 521, Sec. 8. See 2008, 521, Sec. 44.]
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