Issue (genealogy)
{{Short description|In genealogy and wills, one's lineal descendants}}
In genealogy and wills, a person's issue means all their lineal descendants.
Lineal descendants
Issue typically means a person's lineal descendants—all genetic descendants of a person, regardless of degree.Glenda K. Harnad, J. D. and Karl Oakes, J. D., Corpus Juris Secundum, Descent and Distribution § 35 (2015) Issue is a narrower category than heirs, which includes spouses, and collaterals (siblings, cousins, aunts, and uncles).HEIR, Black's Law Dictionary (10th ed. 2014). This meaning of issue arises most often in wills and trusts.For example, In re Auclair's Estate, 75 Cal. App. 2d 189, 170 P.2d 29 (1st Dist. 1945); Brawford v. Wolfe, 103 Mo. 391, 15 S.W. 426 (1891) A person who has no living lineal descendants is said to have died without issue.
A child or children are first-generation descendants and are a subset of issue.{{cite web |title=Issue and children in wills |url=https://willshub.com.au/issue/ |website=willshub.com.au |publisher=BHS Legal |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en |orig-date=25 August 2020 |date=17 March 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220911134239/https://willshub.com.au/issue/ |archive-date=September 11, 2022}}
See also
- {{annotated link|Legitimacy (family law)}}
- {{annotated link|Lineal descendant}}
- {{annotated link|Primogeniture}}
- {{annotated link|Royal bastard}}
- {{annotated link|Royal descent}}