Oklahoma Statutes

Okla. Stat. tit. 84, § 131 (2026)

After-born children not provided for in will

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Whenever a testator has a child born after the making of his will, either in his lifetime or after his death, and dies leaving such child unprovided for by any settlement, and neither provided

for nor in any way mentioned in his will, the child succeeds to the same portion of the testator's real and personal property that he would have succeeded to if the testator had died intestate. R.L. 1910, Sec. 8371. R.L.1910, § 8371.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1985–2023 · leading case: Ankrom v. State, 152 So. 3d 397 (Ala. 2013).
Ankrom v. State, 152 So. 3d 397 (Ala. 2013). “34 (2007); Okla. Stat. Ann. tit. 84, § 131 (1990); Or.”
Matter of Est. of Eversole, 885 P.2d 657 (Okla. 1994). “” [The issue of after-born children not provided for in a will is addressed in 84 O.S.1991 § 131]. See also In re Revard's Estate, 178 Okl.”
Brown v. Crawford, 699 P.2d 162 (Okla. Civ. App. 1985). · cites it 4× “The applicable Oklahoma Statutes are 84 O.S.1981 §§ 131 and 132, which provide as follows: Whenever a testator has a child born after the making of his will, either in his lifetime or after his death, and dies leaving such child unprovided for by any settlement, and neither…”
In the Matter of the Est. of Parker, 2023 OK 50, 529 P.3d 203. · cites it 2× “2011 , § 54 84 O.S.2011, § 131 Whenever a testator has a child born after the making of his will, either in his lifetime or after his death, and dies leaving such child unprovided for by any settlement, and neither provided for nor in any way mentioned in his will, the child…”
Richardson v. First Nat'l Bank & Trust Co. of Nowata, 2002 OK CIV APP 69, 50 P.3d 584. “The preceding section, 84 O.S.1991 § 131, provides that children born after the execution of a will, for whom no provision is made in the will, succeed to that portion of the estate that they would have received had the testator died intestate.”
Boyd v. Boyd, 2014 OK CIV APP 20, 321 P.3d 1001. “Appellees also cite 84 O.S.2011 § 131, which addresses the succession rights of omitted children born after the making of a will, either in a decedent's lifetime or after death.”
Matter of Est. of Massey, 1998 OK CIV APP 116, 964 P.2d 238. “] 84 O.S.1991 § 131, the "preceding section" noted in § 132, provides: § 131.”
Starr v. Wemmerus, 1998 OK CIV APP 116, 964 P.2d 238. “] *240 84 O.S.1991 § 131, the “preceding section” noted in § 132, provides: § 131.”
In the Matter of the Est. of Parker, 2023 OK 50, 529 P.3d 203. · cites it 2× “2011 , § 54 84 O.S.2011, § 131 Whenever a testator has a child born after the making of his will, either in his lifetime or after his death, and dies leaving such child unprovided for by any settlement, and neither provided for nor in any way mentioned in his will, the child…”
In the Matter of the Est. of Parker, 2023 OK 50, 529 P.3d 203. · cites it 2× “2011 , § 54 84 O.S.2011, § 131 Whenever a testator has a child born after the making of his will, either in his lifetime or after his death, and dies leaving such child unprovided for by any settlement, and neither provided for nor in any way mentioned in his will, the child…”
In the Matter of the Est. of Parker, 2023 OK 50, 529 P.3d 203. · cites it 2× “5 84 O.S.2011, § 131 provides: Whenever a testator has a child born after the making of his will, either in his lifetime or after his death, and dies leaving such child unprovided for by any settlement, and neither provided for nor in any way mentioned in his will, the child…”
In the Matter of the Est. of Boyd, 2014 OK CIV APP 20, 321 P.3d 1001. “" 5 Appellees also cite 84 O.S.2011 § 131, which addresses the succession rights of omitted children born after the making of a will, either in a decedent's lifetime or after death.”
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