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ADMINISTRATION AND PROBATE ACT 1958 - SECT 70ZK Distribution to aunts and uncles or to cousins by representation

ADMINISTRATION AND PROBATE ACT 1958 - SECT 70ZK

Distribution to aunts and uncles or to cousins by representation

    (1)     If an intestate leaves more than one aunt or uncle but no partner, no child or other issue, no parent, no sibling, no issue of a sibling and no grandparent, the residuary estate must be distributed equally between the aunts and uncles.

    (2)     If the intestate leaves one aunt or uncle but no partner, no child or other issue, no parent, no sibling, no issue of a sibling and no grandparent, the aunt or uncle is entitled to the whole residuary estate.

    (3)     If an aunt or uncle of an intestate predeceases the intestate leaving a child who survives the intestate, that child is entitled to the aunt or uncle's share and, if there are 2 or more children, in equal shares.

S. 70ZL inserted by No. 41/2017 s. 11.