together with their sister, the male receiving the share of two females. If all the brothers are related through the father only, the same rule applies: they inherit along with their sister, the male taking the share of two females. However, if some of them are full siblings while others are paternal half-siblings, the residue belongs exclusively to the full siblings, and the paternal half-siblings receive nothing.
Question: On this basis the estate is divided into twenty-four parts: the wife takes her eighth—three parts; the mother her sixth—four parts; two-thirds—sixteen parts—go to the two daughters; leaving one part for the brothers if they are full brothers, with the male receiving the share of two females?
Answer: In short, the wife receives one-eighth, the mother one-sixth, and the two daughters two-thirds. The residue—one-third of an eighth, that is, one twenty-fourth—goes to the brothers together with their sister if they are full or paternal siblings, with the male receiving the share of two females. If some are full siblings and others are paternal half-siblings, the residue is confined to the full siblings; the paternal half-siblings receive nothing.
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The estate passes to the paternal cousin by agnatic succession
Question: A woman dies leaving neither husband, child, brother, nor sister; she has instead a maternal aunt, the daughters of her maternal uncle, and a paternal cousin who may predecease her. Do any of these inherit from her while the cousin is alive, and what happens if he dies before her? What share does each of them obtain?
Answer: If the paternal cousin is alive, the entire estate goes to him as a residuary heir; none of the womb-relatives—the maternal uncle, the maternal aunt, or their descendants—receive anything. Should the cousin be absent, the estate goes to any of his male descendants, however remote; if none exist, then to the male descendants of the paternal cousins, however remote. If no paternal cousin nor any of their descendants are found, the estate passes to the next class of agnatic relatives among the paternal cousins.