Per Stirpes Distribution

All individuals, living or deceased, in the same level of consanguinity receive an equal share of the assets from a willA legal document which expresses a person’s final wishes about what happens to their property after they pass away, often specifically identifying intended beneficiaries for specific items of property. or trustAn arrangement in which property interests are legally held by one person (the trustee) at the request of another (the settlor) for the benefit of a third party (the beneficiary).. If any individual at that level of consanguinity is deceased, then their share is split amongst that deceased individual’s descendants.