Dan, a widower, dies intestate. He leaves two surviving children, Joe and Carrie, and two grandchildren who are children of his deceased daughter, Debra. If Joe and Carrie each take one-third of his estate and the grandchildren each take one-sixth of the estate, this is described legally by the statement that:

a. lineal descendants of predeceased children take property per stirpes.
b. lineal descendants take the property per capita.
c. collateral heirs take the property per stirpes.
d. lineal descendants and collateral heirs take the property per capita.


a

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