Question

Tuttle died at age 96, leaving a will that she made at age 40 that provided that her three children would share her estate equally. at the time of her death, only one child, anna, was living. tuttle's two de-ceased children, bill and caroline, each had two children who were living at the time of tuttle's death. anna is claiming that she is entitled to the entire estate because the bequests to bill and caroline

Answer 1

Anna is wrong - she is not entitled to the entire estate just because the remaining heirs have passed away. Bill and Caroline's children will also inherit a part of the estate, although a smaller amount, given that they are younger generation than Anna. So, Anna herself will receive a third of the inheritance, Bill's two children will split a third, and Caroline's two children will also split a third.