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Intestacy rules

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-002732

Statutory provisions that dictate how a deceased person's property will be distributed when they die without a valid will. These rules prioritize certain relatives, typically a surviving spouse and children, followed by parents, siblings, and more distant kin. Each state has its own specific set of intestacy laws.

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IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-002732
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-002732",
  "term": "Intestacy rules",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "Statutory provisions that dictate how a deceased person's property will be distributed when they die without a valid will. These rules prioritize certain relatives, typically a surviving spouse and children, followed by parents, siblings, and more distant kin. Each state has its own specific set of intestacy laws.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/intestacy-rules/"
}

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