Responsa for Bava Batra 252:5
המחלק נכסיו על פיו ריבה לאחד ומיעט לאחד והשוה להן את הבכור דבריו קיימין ואם אמר משום ירושה לא אמר כלום כתב בין בתחלה בין באמצע בין בסוף משום מתנה דבריו קיימין:
you have [implicitly] renounced [them] in all of it'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'in all the property'. ');"><sup>12</sup></span> <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. [IF] ANY ONE SAID,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prior to his death. ');"><sup>13</sup></span> 'MY FIRSTBORN SON, SHALL NOT RECEIVE A DOUBLE PORTION,' [OR] 'X, MY SON, SHALL NOT BE HEIR WITH HIS BROTHERS', HIS INSTRUCTIONS ARE DISREGARDED,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'he said nothing'. ');"><sup>14</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. A father stated before his death that his son A should inherit no part of his house.
A. As soon as a person dies his estate falls automatically to his heirs, except whatever he has given away before his death. Therefore, the father's words are of no avail, and A receives his share of his father's estate.
SOURCES: Pr. 475.
A. As soon as a person dies his estate falls automatically to his heirs, except whatever he has given away before his death. Therefore, the father's words are of no avail, and A receives his share of his father's estate.
SOURCES: Pr. 475.
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