2016 District of Columbia Code
Title 42 - Real Property. §§ 42-101 - 42-4097
Chapter 7 - Interpretation of Instruments. §§ 42-701 - 42-705
§ 42–704. Posthumous children.
Where a future estate shall be limited to heirs, or issue, or children, posthumous children shall be entitled to take in the same manner as if living at the death of their parent; and a future estate depending on the contingency of the death of any person without heirs, or issue, or children shall be defeated by the birth of a posthumous child of such person.
(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1352, ch. 854, § 1028.)
Prior Codifications1981 Ed., § 45-404.
1973 Ed., § 45-204.
Section ReferencesThis section is referenced in § 42-523.
Cross ReferencesPersonal property, applicable laws, see § 42-523.
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