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First, you look and see if a will exists. The will receives first priority in probate court. Then, if a person died intestate (without a will) a law determines inheritance. An adopted child has the same rights as a natural child. Without knowing such things as the number of children or if there is a husband or if there is a will or if she liked some special people or charities, it is impossible to guess who will be an heir.
Very doubtful. The daughter is entitled to the estate if there is no will.
Upon her birth in 1926, she was not the heir to the throne. However, after he grandfather died (George V) in 1936 and her uncle (Edward VIII) abdicated after only 8 months as King she became the heir...
Victoria happened to be eighteen years old when her uncle William IV died. She was heir to the throne.Mary I of Scots became queen at the age of six days.
Alex was the heir to her parents' great fortune when they died.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female; for example:The noun heir is used for a male or a female; the noun heiress is used for a female only.The nouns heir and heiress are both common nouns.
If the heir died after the decedent, any property that was inherited by that heir would become part of that heir's estate. The heir's estate would also need to be probated.
At 42 Richard died from an infected cross bow shot with John as his heir .
Peter of Aragon - heir of Sicily - died on 1400-11-08.
Anyone can be listed in as an heir. And depending on how the will was written she may be inheriting on behalf of her children.
Let's examine your question and look for the answer in the legal terms you used to ask it. An 'heir' is a person who is entitled under the laws of intestacy to receive an intestate decedent's property. A decedent is a person who has died. Therefore a person to whom you would be considered a legal heir would need to die in order for you to be classified as their heir. 'Heir' is sometimes used informally to describe a beneficiary under a will. Despite the fact that a person is named a beneficiary under a will they do not become a beneficiary until the testator has died and the will has been probated. 'Estate' has two common meanings: all the property a living person owns both real and personal, and, all the property that a person leaves after death. You have no right to the property of a living person and you don't become an heir until they have died.
By law, the brother's daughter would receive the policy if she can get probate, or unless the brother has made a will entitling the policy to another person. However the uncle may fight for the policy in the form of a law suit and in which case, would be in the hands of the Judge and the Jury. :D