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Section PRP.04.47 — Pretermitted Children

(a) If a testator fails to provide in his or her will for any of their children living or born or adopted after the execution of the will, the omitted child receives a share in the estate equal in value to that which they would have received if the testator had died intestate unless:

(1) It appears from the will that the omission was intentional; or

(2) When the will was executed the testator had one or more children and devised substantially all their estate to the other parent of the omitted child; or

(3) The testator provided for the child by transfer outside the will and the intent that the transfer be in lieu of a testamentary provision is shown by statements of the testator or from the amount of the transfer or other evidence.

(b) If at the time of execution of the will, the testator fails to provide in their will for a living child solely because they believe the child to be dead, the child receives a share in the estate equal in value to that which they would have received if the testator had died intestate.

(c) In satisfying a share provided by this section, the devises made by the will abate as provided in Section PRP.04.76 of this Probate Code, which concerns "abatement".