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Shia Compulsory Succession

Class 1a Parents
Class 1b Lineal Descendants
Class 2a Grandparents
Class 2b Brothers, Sisters & Issue
Class 3a Paternal Uncles & Aunts (or those of parents)
Class 3b Maternal Uncles & Aunts (or those of parents)

In each section of Class 1 and Class 2 the nearest to the Propositus will
absolutely exclude the more remote:

The nearest members of the two subsections inherit together regardless of


their comparative degree removed from the Propositus:

The existence of an heir in any of Class 1 will exclude any heir from
Class 2, and likewise one from Class 2 will exclude one from Class 3:

The Grandchildren step into the shoes of their parents and receive the
share their parents would have received if alive; but only if there is no
other surviving child of the Propositus:

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