(a) If, under § 29A-2-103(1), a decedent‘s intestate share or a part thereof passes “by representation” to the decedent’s descendants, the estate or part thereof is divided into as many equal shares as there are (i) surviving children of the decedent, if any, and (ii) children of the decedent who failed to survive the decedent but who left descendants who survive the decedent. Each surviving child is allocated one share. The share of each child who failed to survive the decedent but who left descendants who survive the decedent is divided in the same manner, with subdivision repeating at each succeeding generation until the share is fully allocated among surviving descendants.

(b) If, under § 29A-2-103(3) or (4), a decedent’s intestate estate or a part thereof passes “by representation” to the descendants of the decedent’s parents or either of them or to the descendants of the decedent’s paternal or maternal grandparents or either of them, the estate or part thereof is divided into as many equal shares as there are (i) children of the designated ancestor or ancestors who survived the decedent, if any, and (ii) children of the designated ancestor or ancestors who failed to survive the decedent but who left descendants who survive the decedent. Each surviving child is allocated one share. The share of each child who failed to survive the decedent but who left descendants who survive the decedent is divided in the same manner, with subdivision repeating at each succeeding generation until the share is fully allocated among surviving descendants.

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Source: SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-106.