Law of Wills, 2016A

Scenario Two: Stephen dies intestate survived by Brittany and Katherine.
Result: Under all three systems, the following distribution occurs: Brittany (1/3), Katherine (1/3),
Patrick (1/9), Brenda (1/9), and Deborah (1/9). Patrick, Brenda and Deborah split Leonard’s 1/3.
Scenario Three: Stephen dies intestate. All three of Stephen’s children predeceased him.
Result: Under the English and Modern per stirpes systems, the following distribution occurs:
Patrick (1/9), Brenda (1/9), Deborah (1/9), Huey (1/3), Walter (1/6) and Clifford (1/6).
Application of the UPC system results in each of the grandchildren receiving one-sixth share of the
estate.
Scenario Four: Stephen dies intestate. Leonard and Brittany predecease Stephen. Stephen is
survived by Katherine and his grandchildren.
Result: Under the English and Modern per stirpes systems, the following distribution occurs:
Katherine (1/3), Huey (1/3), Patrick (1/9), Brenda (1/9) and Deborah (1/9). Huey, a grandchild,
receives the same portion of the estate as Katherine, a child. He receives a larger portion than the
other grandchildren. Under the UPC, the following distribution occurs: Kathrine takes 1/3 and the
other two 1/3 shares are combined into a single 2/3 share and distributed as if Katherine, Walter
and Clifford had predeceased Stephen. As a result, Patrick, Brenda, Deborah and Huey each receive
1/6 of the estate.
Problems
Please divide the property using the English per stirpes, Modern per stirpes and UPC approaches.
1. Hank, a widower, had three children, Keith, Patti, and Rosa. Keith had one child, Edward. Patti
had two children, Rochelle and Pamela. Rosa had three children, David, Carlton and Vince. Hank
died intestate. Hank was survived by Keith, Patti, Rosa, Edward, Rochelle, Pamela, David, Carlton
and Vince.
2. Theresa, a widow, had five children, Donald, Sharon, Cara, Anthony, and Pearl. Donald had one
child, Aaron. Sharon had three children, Rene, Tina and Victor. Anthony and Cara did not have any
children. Pearl had two children, Francine and Howie. All of Theresa’s children predeceased her.
She died intestate survived by her six grandchildren.
3. Raven, a widow, had three children, Darrell, Andrew, and Madison. Darrell had four children,
Gino, Edwardo, Lucy, and Tonya. Andrew did not have any children. Madison had two children,
Nancy and Ruth. Madison also had two grandchildren, Barry and Martin by her daughter Nancy and
her husband Bryan. Raven died intestate survived by Darrell, Gino, Edwardo, Lucy, Tonya, Ruth,
Barry and Martin. Andrew and Madison predeceased Raven. Nancy predeceased Raven, leaving a
will devising all of her property to Bryan.
4. Devon, a widower, had two children, Alice and Clint, both of whom predeceased him. Alice had
one child, Charles. Clint had three children, Edwin, Kenny, and Eric. Edwin had one child, Gus.
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