Section 22 Death of children or other relation before testator; effect upon devise or legacy; class gifts - Massachusetts Statutes

[Text of section effective until July 1, 2011. Repealed by 2008, 521, Sec. 10. See 2008, 521, Sec. 44.]

Section 22. If a devise or legacy is made to a child or other relation of the testator, who dies before the testator, but leaves issue surviving the testator, such issue shall, unless a different disposition is made or required by the will, take the same estate which the person whose issue they are would have taken if he had survived the testator. The words “child”, “issue”, and “other relation”, as used in this section, shall include adopted children.

This section shall apply to a devise or legacy under a class gift whether the death occurred before or after the execution of the will.