Per capita · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 1-2.11 Per capita
A disposition or distribution of property is per capita when it is made to persons, each of whom is to take in his own right an equal portion of such property.
A distribution is per capita when every recipient takes an equal share in that person’s own right. ★
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.