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A next of kin is your closest living blood relative. There are many laws regarding a next of kin but they vary from state to state and country to country. A next of kin may be eligible to receive an inheritance when you die and they might have power to make decisions for you if they are not able to.
You cannot buy next-of-kin. That is a legal category governed by state laws. Your next of kin are those listed in your state laws of intestacy. See the related question link provided below for a link to your state laws. You can choose your friends but not your relatives.
In most states the spouse is the presumptive nearest relative (i.e. next of kin).
The next of kin can visit their kin in the hospital, can make decisions for an unconscious person, can inherit property, can arrange for a funeral.
If there is no will the property passes to the next of kin according to the state laws of intestacy. You can check your state at the related question link below. If there are no next of kin the property passes (escheats) to the state.
"The Next of Kin" was created in 1942.
If you are speaking of the relative or relatives entitled to share in your property if you die intestate (without a will) then if you are unmarried your parents are your next of kin. If they were deceased then your sister would be your next of kin. In another sense they are all your next of kin. See related question link.
His children are his next of kin, then his parents, then his siblings. You can check the laws of intestate succession for your state at the related question link. Those laws set forth the legal scheme for heirs at law and next of kin.
Yes. You can check your next-of-kin and heirs-at-law for purposes of inheritance under your state laws of intestacy at the related question link provided below.
If the girlfriend can be considered his common-law wife and the state where they reside recognizes the validity of such a marriage, she can claim next of kin.
what is the rights of next of kin
Next of kin means a person's nearest relative. Kin = family.