Demystifying Legal Latin, Estate Planning

Demystifying legal latin: per stirpes

Lawyers love latin. If something can be said in latin, lawyers will use the latin. —Today we are going to take the time to demystify some legal latin. On the agenda: per stirpes. Per stirpes (pronounced stir-peas) describes the way that branches of a family will inherit an estate in intestacy. Intestacy means that a… Continue reading Demystifying legal latin: per stirpes