Issue · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 1-2.10 Issue
(a) Unless a contrary intention is indicated:
(1) Issue are the descendants in any degree from a common ancestor.
(2) The terms "issue" and "descendants", in subparagraph (1), include adopted children.
Unless a contrary intent appears, issue means descendants of any generation from a common ancestor, and both “issue” and “descendants” include adopted children. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 1 — The Surrogate's Court in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Surrogate's Court: Court Rules & the EPTL; Volume 5 — Your Career: Surrogate's Court in Plain English.