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If a person dies and has no spouse and two grown children and one minor child and no will who gets the estate?
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Generally, the children will share equally. State laws vary. You can check the laws in your state at the related question link provided below.
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How can you buy a car if the previous owner is dead?
Whoever was willed the person's belongings or appointed head of estate. If the car was specifically listed in the will, that person no owns the car. If there was no will, the spouse or partner will be in charge. If no spouse or partner, the eldest child. If no children, I have no idea. You will mostly likely purchase the car from a spouse, a child or the estate of the deceased. Or whoever was appointed owner of the vehicle in the will.
Can a child who is not executor of estate be allowed to help the other two children who were named executor of estate in the cleanup of deaceased parents household with no spouse?
Certainly.
Is a spouse responsible for the others child support from a previous marriage if he dies?
No. But, the child/children of the deceased may have a claim to assets of their father's estate.
Does adult child have rights to fathers estate in Canada?
An adult child is a natural beneficiary to an estate. If there is no will, and there is no spouse, they are likely to get the estate.
If there is no will and the step parent dies first the spouse inherits everything then dies with the natural child living in the householdbut there are children of the step-parent outside of the house?
If there is no will, the law normally splits the estate between the spouse and the natural children.
When the spouse dies and there is a wife and a child out of wedlock from another person who is entitled to the estate?
There are contradictions in your question. If the person you refer to as your spouse already has a wife then your "marriage" isn't legal. A person can only have one surviving spouse. If you mean to say there is an ex-wife then you are the surviving spouse under most state intestacy laws. If a person dies without a will, their estate passes to heirs-at-law under state laws of intestacy. The laws are somewhat different in each state. Some states pass all the property to the surviving spouse unless there are minor children. Some states give a share to adult children. You can check the laws in your state at the related question ink provided below.
Who should settle an estate when a person dies intestate and did not know he had an adult child living in another state?
The surviving spouse or the adult child can petition to be appointed the administrator of the estate. You can check the state laws of intestacy at the related question link below.The surviving spouse or the adult child can petition to be appointed the administrator of the estate. You can check the state laws of intestacy at the related question link below.The surviving spouse or the adult child can petition to be appointed the administrator of the estate. You can check the state laws of intestacy at the related question link below.The surviving spouse or the adult child can petition to be appointed the administrator of the estate. You can check the state laws of intestacy at the related question link below.
Does a child or her father inherit her mother?
Depends upon what the will says, how old the child is and what the laws of the state say. Without a will, the estate is typically divided in two, half for the children and half for the spouse.
Will a new spouse have to pay child support to the other spouse' children?
no
If there is no will whoo determines how an estate is divided among siblings?
Every state has laws that determine the distribution of a decedent's property when there is no will so you have to check that state's laws. But generally, spouses and descendants will take first. If there are no spouse and no children and no children of predeceased children, then the estate goes up the line to the parents. If there are no parents the estate goes to the decedent's siblings in equal shares. If there are some living children and some predeceased children, then the children of that predeceased child takes the share that the predeceased child would have taken.
In New York does an entire estate always pass to the surviving spouse or can a will specify that it be split among the spouse and children?
1 Check with an atty Hopefully the decedent had a valid will 2 I was told by an atty for my fathers estate that the surviving spouse cannot be excluded from an estate however children can .Some parts of a persons estate will automatically go to the surviving spouse. It all depends on what in in their estate. Real Property , cash insurance stocks bonds etc , and each item is dealt with separately by law in NYS -I was also told that no matter what the will says if all heirs agree on a different settlement and petition the court for such agreement , the court will agree to the amended settlement.For example if there is a surviving spouse and 3 children and one child does not want their share of their inheritance for any reason (say they don't need/want the money for example) they can give their share to the other siblings and the surviving spouse to be shared . If the spouse and siblings agree they can all petition the court and the court will allow the declining child's share to be split up
Can a parent take possession of property if an adult child dies intestate?
If they have no spouse and no issue. Otherwise the spouse has first rights to the estate.
