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Future Interests - When Is Child En Ventre Sa Mère Regarded As In Being
Future Interests - When Is Child En Ventre Sa Mère Regarded As In Being
Michigan Law Review
How far will the courts go in regarding a child en ventre sa mere as in being for the purpose of determining the character of interests in property? This question is brought to the fore in Re Joicy, a recent decision of the English Court of Appeal. In that case, a will declared that certain property should be held in trust for all of the children of the testatrix who should survive her and attain the age of twenty-one years, and provided that if any such child should die within the period of twenty-one years "leaving any issue him …