That depends on whether common law marriage is recognized in your state. If it is then you need to check the laws of intestacy in your state to determine what portion you are entitled to as the surviving spouse. Perhaps you could find your answer at the links provided below.
He would have to agree to any sale of property that he owns jointly with you, Unless you have a death certificate for him or he gave you a power of attorney document.
Under dower courtesy law or Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act, the wife is subject to property rights instantaneously upon death. In most cases, adultery, divorce, or death qualifies a spouse for more then just 'property'. Determining what sort of property, they are given a rightly percentage of everything in Massachusetts.
What age does a widow have to be to collect deceased husbands ss
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If she wished to retain the property. She would in all likelihood be required to refinance the property as the first mortgage holder has priority.
This will depend on whether your husband added you to the title or left the house to you in his will. Because he owned the property before you were married, he could leave it to another person in his will if he never added you to the title.
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No. That would land you in jail.
In your will you would devise your real property to your son in fee simple to be his absolutely and forever, however, subject to the right of your second husband to occupy the property during his natural life.
If two people own property jointly the probate laws of the state in which the person dies and the laws concerning the way real property is held/titled determines ownership. The following may help answer your query:Property owned by two people as Tenancy By The Entirety, or Joint Tenants (in some states), or Joint Tenants With The Right To Survivorship is not subject to probate and passes directly to the surviving spouse and/or named person(s).Property owned solely by the decedent or as Tenants-In-Common is subject to probate and any interest in said property is included in the decedent's estate.If your husband transferred his property to you by a quitclaim deed prior to his death then the property belongs to you and is not part of his estate.
A divorcee can collect her ex husbands retirement pay following his death if it has been awarded during the divorce settlement. It is not automatic and relies on a number of factors.
the wife was mournful at her husbands death