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Does property and estate automatically transfer to the surviving spouse if the deceased did not have a will in the state of Massachusetts?
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The governor of Massachusetts signed into law on January 28, 2009 a new probate code. The new code provides that the surviving spouse gets the entire estate as long as there are only children OF the marriage. The effective date of that section has not yet been found but it will be July 1, 2009 or later.
The present probate code provides that the children receive a portion and if there are no children then the decedent's parents or siblings. You can read that section for intestate succession at the link below.
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