{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-estates-powers-trusts-law-6-5.7","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Estates, Powers \u0026 Trusts Law § 6-5.7","heading":"Posthumous children","body":"§ 6-5.7 Posthumous children\n  (a)  Where a future estate is limited to children, distributees, heirs\nor issue, posthumous children are entitled to take in the same manner as\nif living at the death of their ancestors.\n  (b)  A future estate conditioned upon the death of a person without\nchildren, distributees, heirs or issue is defeated by the birth of a\nchild conceived before but born alive after the death of such person.","path":["Estates, Powers \u0026 Trusts Law","Article 6. Classification, Creation, Definition Of, and Rules Governing Estates In Property","Part 5. Rules Governing Future Estates"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/EPT/6-5.7","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"2e64d1c247a36f5b2f5ff39f3faa6df58f3527cf6bc06dd602ba19a3a1577f47","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-estates-powers-trusts-law-6-5.6","next":"us-ny/n.y.-estates-powers-trusts-law-6-5.8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}