
Lapse
– Predeceases testator
– 47c – 120 hour survival requirement
– Default rule
– Anti-lapse statute – 68
– Give to descendents of deceased descendent of testator – 68a
– See p. 394 for scope and operation differences between states
– Void bequest – beneficiary dead before will is written
– Burns
– Ulrikson,
– Cut out several nieces/nephews because parents dead before will written
– Ascher thinks anti-lapse statutes of questionable value
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