§2-708. Class gifts to "descendants," "issue" or "heirs of the body"; form of distribution if none specified
If a class gift in favor of "descendants," "issue" or "heirs of the body" does not specify the manner in which the property is to be distributed among the class members, the property is distributed among the class members who are living when the interest is to take effect in possession or enjoyment, in such shares as they would receive, under the applicable law of intestate succession, if the designated ancestor had then died intestate owning the subject matter of the class gift. [PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW). PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. F, §1 (AFF). PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).
Structure Maine Revised Statutes
Article 2: INTESTACY, WILLS AND DONATIVE TRANSFERS
Part 7: RULES OF CONSTRUCTION APPLICABLE TO WILLS AND OTHER GOVERNING INSTRUMENTS
18-C §2-702. Requirement of survival by 120 hours
18-C §2-703. Choice of law as to meaning and effect of governing instrument
18-C §2-704. Power of appointment; compliance with specific reference requirement
18-C §2-705. Class gifts construed to accord with intestate succession; exceptions
18-C §2-707. Survivorship with respect to future interests under terms of trust; substitute takers
18-C §2-709. Per capita at each generation; per stirpes or by representation