Tom made a valid will in 2017. One of the provisions of the will provides as follows:

'I leave my house to my daughter, Susan. After Susan’s death the house must go to her children.'

When Tom made the will, Susan and her husband, John, had a daughter, Anna. Susan was also pregnant with her second child, Steven. Steven was not John’s child but was an extra-marital child. Susan divorced John in 2018 and then also adopted a son, Terence. Tom died in 2019. Susan died in 2020. Which of the testator’s grandchildren (i.e. Susan’s children) will inherit the house after Susan’s death?

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Tom made a valid will in 2017. One of the provisions of the will provides as follows:

'I leave my house to my daughter, Susan. After Susan’s death the house must go to her children.'

When Tom made the will, Susan and her husband, John, had a daughter, Anna. Susan was also pregnant with her second child, Steven. Steven was not John’s child but was an extra-marital child. Susan divorced John in 2018 and then also adopted a son, Terence. Tom died in 2019. Susan died in 2020. Which of the testator’s grandchildren (i.e. Susan’s children) will inherit the house after Susan’s death?

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Only the grandchildren of which the testator was aware when he made the will, therefore only Anna and Steven.

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All the grandchildren who were alive at the time of the devolution of the benefit, therefore Anna, Steven and Terence.

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Only the testator’s legitimate biological grandchild, therefore only Anna.

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Only the testator’s biological grandchildren, therefore only Anna and Steven.

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