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Intestacy

Intestacy is the condition of the estate of a person who dies without a legally valid will, resulting in the distribution of their estate under statutory intestacy laws rather than by their expressed wishes. Alternatively this may also apply where a will or declaration has been made, but only applies to part of the estate; the remaining estate forms the…

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Intestacy

Nodes54
Edges53
Triples34
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037037
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Intestacy

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related to history · 14
Intestacy → After, Church, Common, Crown, England, Englishmen, In, Real, Roman, Sharia, Statute, Their, This, Wills
related to United States · 5
Intestacy → Attempts, Each, In, Uniform Probate Code, United States
related to Current law · 3
Intestacy → In, Property, The
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Intestacy → condition of the estate of a person who dies without a legally valid will

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law estate property rules intestate also succession laws distribution jurisdictions common statutory person inheritance spouse england states civil issue without

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Intestacyis acondition of the estate of a person who dies without a legally valid will0.90text
spousesinstance oftypically prioritizing close relatives0.80text
childreninstance oftypically prioritizing close relatives0.80text
and then extended family membersinstance oftypically prioritizing close relatives0.80text
determines who is entitled to the property from the estate under the rules of inheritanceinstance oftypically prioritizing close relatives0.80text
Franceinstance ofIn certain jurisdictions0.80text
Switzerlandinstance ofIn certain jurisdictions0.80text
the U.S. state of Louisianainstance ofIn certain jurisdictions0.80text
and much of the Islamic worldinstance ofIn certain jurisdictions0.80text
entitlements arise whether or not there was a willinstance ofIn certain jurisdictions0.80text
the Uniform Probate Codeinstance ofthrough efforts0.80text
have been met with limited success.The distribution of the property of an intestate decedent is the responsibility of the administratorinstance ofthrough efforts0.80text

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