The imidiate family has the right to their fathers estate.
In most cases there will be none. The estate was left to the brother.
If your father had a will, you may be named in the will. If your father did not have a will, you may inherit his estate through intestacy laws. If your father's estate has the right to recover in a civil suit because of the accident, you may be the appropriate party to bring that action.
If your father transferred his property to you and he as joint tenants with the right of survivorship his interest passed automatically to you when he died. You are the sole owner of his property and there is no estate that needs to be probated. He wanted you to own the property. You have the right to explain that to your siblings and turn down their requests for a share of his estate. Depending on the size of the estate, you could volunteer to share but no one has the right to demand a share.
Yes, a half sister can share in her fathers estate if she was the blood daughter of the father.
The first born son inherits the father's estate.
No. The father's estate is responsible for his debts. If there is no estate the creditor is out of luck.
It will depend on the specific wording of the will. In most cases they would get their father's share of the estate.
Yes, if they are named in the will. Or if the will leaves the money to you or your descendants. If your husband is not their father, there is no automatic right to the property.
Each estate must be separately administered. Fathers creditors will need to be paid from father's estate, necessary tax forms will be filed. Father's estate will need to be distributed according to the father's will, i.e., the residual to the surviving spouse. The estate of the spouse is then probated by the administrator of the wife's estate, as required by the wife's creditors and heirs.
Each estate must be separately administered. Fathers creditors will need to be paid from father's estate, necessary tax forms will be filed. Father's estate will need to be distributed according to the father's will, i.e., the residual to the surviving spouse. The estate of the spouse is then probated by the administrator of the wife's estate, as required by the wife's creditors and heirs.
Inheritance is not necessarily a right. It is governed by the laws of the jurisdiction. Adult children don't have an automatic right to a part of the estate.
Upon your father's death, his half of the joint bank account would typically pass directly to your sister as the surviving account holder. It would not be included in his estate and would not go through probate.