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If the parent died and a will wasn't found, the estate is handled via "laws of intestate succession." When a person dies intestate, or without a will, the laws
by t0mbstone 7y ago
If the parent died and a will wasn't found, the estate is handled via "laws of intestate succession." When a person dies intestate, or without a will, the laws of the state where they resided determine how their estate is distributed. According to these laws, specific family members, or heirs, typically have a right to inherit a share of the decedent's property.
This guy spelled out a will that directly went against the way how the general laws of the land would have normally given his estate to his heirs.
- amanaplanacanal 7y agoIsn't that pretty much always the case when somebody writes a will?
- t0mbstone 7y agoRight, but before he wrote the will, society implicitly gives the children the right to his inheritance. So by creating the will, he actively took that away those rights from them, and gave away his fortune to someone else.