§ 333. Share of child or descendant of child omitted from will
When a testator omits to provide in the testator’s will for any child of the testator, or for the descendants of a deceased child, and it appears that the omission was made by mistake or accident, the child or descendants, as the case may be, shall have and be assigned the same share of the estate of the testator as if the testator had died intestate. (Added 2009, No. 55, § 5, eff. June 1, 2009; amended 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Chapter 42 - Descent and Survivors' Rights
§ 302. Dower and curtesy abolished
§ 311. Share of surviving spouse
§ 312. Surviving spouse to receive household goods
§ 313. Surviving spouse; vessel, snowmobile, or all-terrain vehicle
§ 314. Share of heirs other than surviving spouse
§ 315. Parent and child relationship
§ 316. Allowances for surviving spouse and family during administration
§ 317. Allowance to children before payment of debts
§ 318. Allowance to children after payment of debts
§ 319. Elective share of surviving spouse; notice of rights
§ 320. Effect of divorce order
§ 321. Conveyance to defeat spouse’s interest
§ 322. Unlawful killing affecting inheritance
§ 323. Written waiver of spousal rights
§ 331. Degrees; how computed: kindred of half-blood
§ 332. Share of afterborn child
§ 333. Share of child or descendant of child omitted from will
§ 334. Afterborn and omitted child; from what part of estate share taken
§ 335. Beneficiary dying before testator; descendants to take
§ 336. Individual absent and unheard of; share of estate
§ 337. Requirement that individual survive decedent for 120 hours
§ 338. Distribution; order in which assets appropriated; abatement