Issue (genealogy)

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In genealogy and wills, a person's issue means all their lineal descendants.

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Lineal descendants

Issue typically means a person's lineal descendants—all genetic descendants of a person, regardless of degree. [1] Issue is a narrower category than heirs, which includes spouses, and collaterals (siblings, cousins, aunts, and uncles). [2] This meaning of issue arises most often in wills and trusts. [3] A person who has no living lineal descendants is said to have died without issue.

A child or children are first-generation descendants and are a subset of issue. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Glenda K. Harnad, J. D. and Karl Oakes, J. D., Corpus Juris Secundum, Descent and Distribution § 35 (2015)
  2. ↑ HEIR, Black's Law Dictionary (10th ed. 2014).
  3. ↑ For example, In re Auclair's Estate, 75 Cal. App. 2d 189, 170 P.2d 29 (1st Dist. 1945); Brawford v. Wolfe, 103 Mo. 391, 15 S.W. 426 (1891)
  4. ↑ "Issue and children in wills". willshub.com.au. BHS Legal. 17 March 2022 [25 August 2020]. Archived from the original on September 11, 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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