Responsa for Bava Batra 261:11

הדר אמר אביי לאו מילתא היא דאמרי דתנן לא כתב לה בנן נוקבן דיהויין ליכי מינאי יהויין יתבן בביתי ויתזנן מנכסאי עד דתילקחן לגוברין חייב שהוא תנאי ב"ד

but not [to the case where possession is given] to one who does not exist.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' How, then, can the children, who were not in existence when the marriage contract between their father and mother was written, acquire possession of their mother's kethubah? ');">²⁹</span> [The reason], however,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Why the children do acquire possession. ');">³⁰</span> [must be that] a condition [imposed] by a court is different [from an ordinary assignment],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though a private assignment is not valid unless the assignee was alive at the time when it was made, an assignment based on the decision of a court takes effect in all cases. ');">³¹</span>

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