# Title 30.1 — Uniform Probate Code

## Chapter 30.1-06 — Spouse and Children Unprovided for in Wills

### § 30.1-06-01. (2-301) Entitlement of spouse - Premarital will.

1. If the testator's surviving spouse married the testator after the testator executed a will,
the surviving spouse is entitled to receive, as an intestate share, no less than the value
of the share of the estate the surviving spouse would have received if the testator had
died intestate as to that portion of the testator's estate, if any, that neither is devised to
a child of the testator who was born before the testator married the surviving spouse
and who is not a child of the surviving spouse nor is devised to a descendant of such a
child or passes under section 30.1-09-05 or 30.1-09-06 to such a child or to a
descendant of such a child, unless:
a. It appears from the will or other evidence that the will was made in contemplation
of the testator's marriage to the surviving spouse;
b. The will expresses the intention that it is to be effective notwithstanding any
subsequent marriage; or
c. The testator provided for the spouse by transfer outside the will and the intent
that the transfer be in lieu of a testamentary provision is shown by the testator's
statements or is reasonably inferred from the amount of the transfer or other
evidence.
2. In satisfying the share provided by this section, devises made by the will to the
testator's surviving spouse, if any, are applied first, and other devises, other than a
devise to a child of the testator who was born before the testator married the surviving
spouse and who is not a child of the surviving spouse or a devise or substitute gift
under section 30.1-09-05 or 30.1-09-06 to a descendant of such a child, abate as
provided in section 30.1-20-02.
### § 30.1-06-02. (2-302) Omitted children.

1. Except as provided in subsection 2, if a testator fails to provide in the will for any of the
testator's children born or adopted after the execution of the will, the omitted afterborn
or after-adopted child receives a share in the estate as follows:
a. If the testator had no child living when the testator executed the will, an omitted
afterborn or after-adopted child receives a share in the estate equal in value to
that which the child would have received had the testator died intestate, unless
the will devised all or substantially all the estate to the other parent of the omitted
child and that other parent survives the testator and is entitled to take under the
will.
b. If the testator had one or more children living when the testator executed the will,
and the will devised property or an interest in property to one or more of the
then-living children, an omitted afterborn or after-adopted child is entitled to share
in the testator's estate as follows:
(1) The portion of the testator's estate in which the omitted afterborn or
after-adopted child is entitled to share is limited to devises made to the
testator's then-living children under the will.
(2) The omitted afterborn or after-adopted child is entitled to receive the share
of the testator's estate, as limited in paragraph 1, that the child would have
received had the testator included all omitted afterborn and after-adopted
children with the children to whom devises were made under the will and
had given an equal share of the estate to each child.
(3) To the extent feasible, the interest granted an omitted afterborn or
after-adopted child under this section must be of the same character,
whether equitable or legal, present or future, as that devised to the testator's
then-living children under the will.
(4) In satisfying a share provided by this subdivision, devises to the testator's
children who were living when the will was executed abate ratably. In
abating the devises of the then-living children, the court shall preserve to the

maximum extent possible the character of the testamentary plan adopted by
the testator.
2. Neither subdivision a nor subdivision b of subsection 1 applies if:
a. It appears from the will that the omission was intentional; or
b. The testator provided for the omitted afterborn or after-adopted child by transfer
outside the will and the intent that the transfer be in lieu of a testamentary
provision is shown by the testator's statements or is reasonably inferred from the
amount of the transfer or other evidence.
3. If at the time of execution of the will the testator fails to provide in the will for a living
child solely because the testator believes the child to be dead, the child is entitled to
share in the estate as if the child were an omitted afterborn or after-adopted child.
4. In satisfying a share provided by subdivision a of subsection 1 or subsection 3,
devises made by the will abate under section 30.1-20-02.
