Section 38: Where intestate has left no child, but grandchild or grandchildren

Where the intestate has not left surviving him any child, but has left a grandchild or grandchildren and no more remote descendant through a deceased grandchild, the property shall belong to his surviving grandchild if there is only one, or shall be equally divided among all his surviving grandchildren. Illustrations (i) A has three children, and no more, John, Mary and Henry. They all die before the father, John leaving two children, Mary three and Henry four. Afterwards A dies intestate, leaving those nine grandchildren and no descendant of any deceased grandchild. Each of his grandchildren will have one- ninth. (ii) But if Henry has died, leaving no child, then the whole is equally divided between the intestate’s five grandchildren, the children of John and Mary.

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