Estate of Rehwinkel
Court of Appeals of Washington
862 P.2d 639 (1993)
Relevant factsFree
Rehwinkel's will left his residuary estate to a list of relatives, including nieces and nephews, expressly limited to those "who are living at the time of my death," and when his niece Helene predeceased him, her son Fossum (plaintiff) petitioned to inherit her share under Washington's antilapse statute, but the estate (defendant) objected, and the trial court dismissed Fossum's petition.
IssueFree
Whether an anti-lapse statute will apply if a will provides that a beneficiary is to take only if he or she survives the testator.