Ketuvat banin dichrin - כתובת בנין דכרין
Ketuvat banin dichrin is a clause in the ketubah stating that a wife's sons will inherit her ketubah, including the refund of her dowry recorded in the ketubah, is she predeceases her husband and then her husband dies.
The Clause
The clause empowering a woman's sons to inherit her ketubah payment (including the refund of her dowry recorded in the ketubah): Ketuvot 52b
Why doesn't this clause apply for the woman's daughters?: Ketuvot 52b
This clause is binding even if it is not recorded in the ketubah; this is an enactment by the rabbinical court [tenai beit din]: Ketuvot 52b
This clause applies whether or not the woman's father gave her a dowry, as a "lo plug": Ketuvot 52b
This clause applies only to sons, and not where the father left behind only daughters, as a "lo plug": Ketuvot 52b
This clause is only applicable where there is at least one dinar remaining in the estate besides the ketubah payment, so that there is some normal inheritance as well: Ketuvot 52b
What-Ifs
Are sons able to claim ketuvat banin dichrin from property the father sold to others during his lifetime?: Ketuvot 55a
Do her sons inherit her dowry if she forgives the ketubah to her husband?: Ketuvot 53a
Do her sons inherit her dowry if she sells the rights to the ketubah to her husband, or to someone else?: Ketuvot 53a
Do her sons inherit her first and/or second ketubah if she thinks her husband is dead and marries a new husband, and then finds out her first husband is still alive, or are they fined: Ketuvot 53a
