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Title

BL 367 - Chapter 3

Description

Treatment of Potential Heirs

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Subject

Law

Level

Undergraduate 3

Created

09/30/2012

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Term

Posthumorous or Afterborn Heir

Definition

Heir conceived before but born after an intestate's death

Term

Adoption by Estoppel

Definition

A parent acts as though the parent has adopted the child even though a formal court-approved adoption never occured

Term

Stepchild

Definition

The child of a person's spouse who is not the person's biological or adopted child

Term

Half-blood

Definition

Relationship between collateral relatives who share only one common ancestor