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Ohio Rev. Code § 2105.14 (2026)

Child conceived before intestate's death

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April 6, 2017
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Senate Bill 232, House Bill 432 - 131st General Assembly
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N o descendant of an intestate shall inherit under this chapter unless s urviving the intestate for at least one hundred twenty hours, or unless born within three hundred days after the death of the intestate and living for at least one hundred twenty hours after birth.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1985–2013 · leading case: Ankrom v. State, 152 So. 3d 397 (Ala. 2013).
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Ankrom v. State, 152 So. 3d 397 (Ala. 2013). “1-04-04 (2010); Ohio Rev.Code Ann. § 2105.14 (2007); Okla.”
Werling v. Sandy, 476 N.E.2d 1053 (Ohio 1985). “The intestate rights of a posthumous child are recognized in R.C. 2105.14. A child in gestation who is subsequently born alive may be considered a life in being throughout the gestation period for purposes of the now statutory rule against perpetuities.”
Sommerville v. Heckler, 615 F. Supp. 166 (N.D. Ohio 1985). · cites it 3× “Ohio Rev.Code § 2105.14 provides as follows: Descendants of an intestate begotten before his death, but born thereafter, in all cases will inherit as if born in the lifetime of the intestate and surviving him; but in no other case can a person inherit unless living at the time…”
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