That depends on whether the pension was actually allowed to be left to someone. If there are Survivor benefits, they are specified in the contract. There is no requirement to distribute it other than the way the contract lists it.
Half-Sister Cousins
No. It doesn't belong to your sister until the estate distributes it. The estate will split the money/value as directed by the will or the intestacy laws. You will get your share and your sister will get her share. The IRS can place a lien on her share.
We Share Our Mothers' Health was created in 2006-05.
Not unless the sister is willing to share the proceeds. The money belongs to her.
Your sister's debts are not part of the estate. The estate's responsibility is to pay the mother's debts and distribute the remainder. What your sister does with her share of the inheritance is up to her.
Some of them work but they all share the funds for the family.
Yes
A half-brother (or half-sister) is one with whom you share only one parent, i.e. you have the same mother but different fathers or the same father but different mothers.
none
Da Brat and LisaRaye are half-sisters. They share the same father but have different mothers. They both have a close relationship and have supported each other in their respective careers.
Most mothers have the baby because they love their husbands and want to share that love with children.
Then you split it, take the jewels to a jeweler and have then divide it into an equal amount of value, her being the daughter is just a lame excuse, if she won't do this you can take her to court.