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What is difference between heirs & issue?

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:23 pm
by RR320
Getting a little confused by this..

Re: What is difference between heirs & issue?

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:28 pm
by TatteredDignity
Issue = children and grandchildren. Heirs = whatever the state says counts as default inheritors of your estate. Note- heirs are not known until after death.

Re: What is difference between heirs & issue?

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:15 pm
by shepdawg
TatteredDignity wrote:Issue = children and grandchildren. Heirs = whatever the state says counts as default inheritors of your estate. Note- heirs are not known until after death.
Exactly.