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(a) Where a future estate is limited to children, distributees, heirs or issue, posthumous children are entitled to take in the same manner as if living at the death of their ancestors.
(b) A future estate conditioned upon the death of a person without children, distributees, heirs or issue is defeated by the birth of a child conceived before but born alive after the death of such person.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New York Consolidated Laws, Estates, Powers and Trusts Law - EPT § 6-5.7 Posthumous children - last updated January 01, 2026 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/estates-powers-and-trusts-law/ept-sect-6-5-7/
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