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The person identified in such a clause is called the residuary taker, residuary beneficiary, residuary legatee, or residuary devisee. [2] Such a clause may state that, in the event that all other heirs predecease the testator , the estate would pass to a charity (that would, presumably, have remained in existence).
The modern view is that where a beneficiary was intended to inherit part of the residuary estate who predeceases the testator, and that beneficiary is not covered by the anti-lapse statute, then that beneficiary's inheritance will return to the residuary estate, to be inherited by the other beneficiaries to whom the residue has been willed.
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Legatee – beneficiary of personal property under a will, i.e., a person receiving a legacy. Probate – legal process of settling the estate of a deceased person. Residuary estate - the portion of an estate remaining after the payment of expenses and the distribution of specific bequests; this passes to the residuary legatees.
The assets might travel to the beneficiary’s heirs in a chain of inheritance, they might proceed to the will’s residual heir, or the state might handle them as intestate assets. It depends ...
Estate planning may involve a will, trusts, beneficiary designations, powers of appointment, property ownership (for example, joint tenancy with rights of survivorship, tenancy in common, tenancy by the entirety), gifts, and powers of attorney (specifically a durable financial power of attorney and a durable medical power of attorney).
Depending upon local custom, legatees may be called "devisees". Traditionally, "legatees" took personal property under will and "devisees" took land under will.
Most well-drafted irrevocable trusts contain spendthrift provisions even though the beneficiaries are not known to be spendthrifts. This is because such a provision protects the trust and the beneficiary in the event a beneficiary is sued and a judgment creditor attempts to attach the beneficiary's interest in the trust.