§ 33-6-27 - Contribution by pretermitted issue to payment of debts.
SECTION 33-6-27
§ 33-6-27 Contribution by pretermittedissue to payment of debts. – When a posthumous child, or a child, or the issue of a child, omitted in thetestator's will, takes under § 33-6-23 a portion of the estate of atestator, that portion of the estate shall, for all purposes of §§33-6-25 and 33-6-26, be considered as if it had been devised or bequeathed tothat child or other descendant; and he or she shall be bound to contribute withthe devisees and legatees, and shall be entitled to claim contribution fromthem, as provided in §§ 33-6-25 and 33-6-26.