What does "issue of decedents parents, taking by representation" mean?

Question

A woman dies in NY without a will, She never married, had no children. Her only living relatives at the time of her death were one brother and 15 neices and nephews. In life, she had 5 or 6 siblings, so the neices and nephews now still living are from both dead and (at the time of her death) her one living brother. Who inherits. Specifically.

Answer 1

It means that the living children take their share and that if there are children who predeceased the intestate person, those children of deceased parents take their parent's share.

Assume that a woman had 5 children, A, B, C, D, and E. A, B, and C, survived her. D and E did not survive her. D had two children and E had 3 children. A, B, and C would each receive 1/5 of the Estate. The children of D would each receive 1/10 (half of their parent's 1/5 share), and the children of E would each receive 1/15 (one third of their parent's 1/5 share).

Nieces and nephews who have a their living parent will not receive anything because their parent was a living sibling of the decedent. It is only the children of deceased siblings who would inherit.

Answer 2

Well, I did have an issue with it. I was under the impression that it meant baby wearing and co sleeping. Two thing I never did or should I say rarely did. But then I just recently learned more about it and realized that 75% of the time, I am. Now I easily stress out and have to walk away from situations more quickly than most, so I can't practice all the time in frustrating moments, but generally I try to be. CIO is one of those age old things, you hear people all the time telling you to let your baby cry. Parents, grandparents. It's just one of those things that will always be around. It's not always a bad thing, though I don't think it's the right choice for most. But AP is hard. I mean if both parents have to work, the baby needs more of schedule than for a SAHM. A working mom can't have her baby up until 1 in the morning, because the baby doesn't want to sleep. As older infants you sometimes have to help mold them in some cases. It's going to depend on your situation. My biggest issue with it, in general, is when is supposed to end? When do you start being a parent vs letting your child run the house. I mean as an infant, the infant SHOULD set the schedule, but when does that end? When do you start making them go to bed at a decent hour, when do you start setting mealtimes for them, etc, etc? But like i said, I practice it as much as I can but was completely unaware that it went beyong baby wearing and co sleeping.