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the lower degrees may receive the estate only by virtue of the right of representation;
(2)the descendants of the same degree receive equal shares;
(3)if a degree has only one descendant, that descendant has the right to receive the entire portion.
Section1635.Classes and shares of the surviving spouse in receiving the estate of the dead person shall be as follows:
(1)if any heir under section 1629(1) is still alive or is represented, as the case may be, the surviving spouse has the right to receive the shares as if being an heir of the children's degree;
(2)if any heir under section 1629(3) exists and that heir is still alive or is represented, or if no heir under section 1629(1) exists but any heir under section 1629(2) exists, as the case may be, the surviving spouse has the right to receive half of the estate;
