The decedent.
Heir. I learned it from Science.
heiress
That will depend on the will of the person in question. If they don't have a will, it will depend on the intestacy laws for the appropriate jurisdiction.
They would have to challenge the will in the courts.
I think you are looking for "primogeniture."
The intestacy laws of the appropriate jurisdiction will specify who inherits property.
According to Black's Law Dictionary an heir is a person who is entitled to inherit under the laws of intestacy. However, heir is also generally used to describe any person who inherits either by will or intestate succession.
If someone inherits a property in Romania belonging before to a German citizen is it supposed to pay taxes in both countries ?
heir the person who inherits property after the death of its owner the person who has legal claim to a title or throne when the person holding it dies
In most cases the spouse has a right in the property, even if they are not on the deed. If there is no will, the spouse typically inherits the property.
An heir is the person entitled, by reason of relationship, to receive an intestate (without a Will) person's estate after their death. It is also the term for a person who inherits under a Will (weather a relative or not).
Yes, it becomes part of the community property. I thought inhertance didn't count as community property? The money rec'd each month would be community property, but the actual titles and deeds would remain in the person's name who inherited the inheritance from grandmother, right?
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