The Lawyer for the Mother
The mother should get one-half of the estate (that is the average of
one-third and two-thirds of the estate). The son can then receive two-thirds
of the remaining half and the daughter can receive one- third of the remaining
half. This means that the mother gets three-sixths of the estate, the son
gets two-sixths of the estate, and the daughter gets one-sixth of the estate.
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