Intestate is the legal term for dying without a will, which can leave your assets up to state laws. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate ...

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When someone dies without a will, their estate is divided up according to standard rules, known as intestacy law. As set out in the Inheritance and Trustees' Power Act, the rules determine who ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. New rules governing the way estates are divided when someone dies without a will take effect next week, ...

Writing a will isn’t something most people rush to do. Some assume their family “will figure it out,” while others simply never get around to it. But in Texas, dying without a will means the state ...

Succession on the death of a person may follow either: (a) testamentary succession (with a Will), or (b) intestate succession (without a Will). Once the Will is made, it can only be revoked during his ...

Under current rules, unmarried partners have no automatic right to inherit if their partner dies without a Will, leaving many ...

As your elder brother and his wife died without leaving a Will, their estate would be subject to intestacy. Assuming you and your family are Hindu by faith, the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, lays down ...

In a recent ruling, the BC Supreme Court has decreed that a draft will that failed to represent the deceased’s definitive intentions regarding the distribution of his estate revoked an earlier formal ...

A Will Aid poll has revealed 63% of people in the North West believe the law of intestacy should be changed to offer legal protections for unmarried couples without a Will - now public support for ...