When someone dies in New Hampshire, their assets go to their closest relatives under “intestate succession” laws. Only those assets which would pass through your will are affected by intestate succession laws, typically including assets that you own alone in your name only.

Read the following to understand intestacy laws in New Hampshire:

• If the deceased has surviving children but no spouse, the children inherit all of the estate.
• If the deceased has surviving spouse but no descendants or parents, the spouse inherits everything.
• If the deceased has surviving spouse and descendants from the spouse as well, and the spouse has no other descendants, the spouse inherits the first $250,000 of the intestate property, plus half of the balance. The descendants inherit the rest of the estate.
• If the deceased has a surviving spouse and descendants from you and the spouse, and the spouse has descendants from another relationship, the spouse inherits the first $150,000 of the estate property, plus half the balance of the estate. The descendants inherit the rest of the estate.
• If the deceased has a surviving spouse and descendants from the deceased and someone other than the spouse, the spouse inherits the first $100,000 of the intestate property, plus half the balance of the estate. The descendants inherit the rest of the estate.
• If the deceased has a surviving spouse and parents, the spouse inherits the first $250,000 of the intestate property, plus 3/4 of the balance of the estate. The parents inherit the rest of the estate.
• If the deceased has surviving parents but no spouse or descendants, the parents inherit all of the estate.
• If the deceased has surviving siblings but no spouse, descendants, or parents, the siblings inherit all of the estate.

Adopted children by the deceased receive an intestate share as biological children would. Foster and stepchildren never legally adopted by the deceased will not receive a share automatically. Children placed for adoption and adopted into another family will not receive an intestacy share. Children conceived by the deceased but not born before the death will receive a share as long as they survive. Children born outside of marriage will receive a share if the court establishes paternity and the children were not adopted by another family. Grandchildren will receive a share if their parent, or the child of the deceased, has passed away before the deceased.

To learn more about intestacy laws, visit www.nolo.com.

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If someone you know has died in the state of Florida without a will, the estate will be divided up through intestacy law. Only those assets that would have passed through your will are affected by intestate succession.

Read the following to understand intestacy laws in the state of Florida:

• If the deceased has surviving children but no spouse, the children receive all of the estate.
• If the deceased has a surviving spouse but no descendants, the spouse inherits all of the estate.
• If the deceased has a surviving spouse and descendants from the deceased and the spouse, with no other descendants of the spouse, the spouse receives all of the estate.
• If the deceased has a surviving spouse and descendants from the deceased and the spouse, with descendants of the spouse as well, the spouse inherits half of the estate property, and the descendants of the deceased inherit the other half of the estate.
• If the deceased has a surviving spouse and descendants from you and the spouse, with descendants from the deceased and someone other than the spouse, the spouse inherits half of the estate property, and the deceased descendants inherit the other half of the estate property.

Adopted children receive an intestate share the same as biological children do. Foster and stepchildren that the deceased never legally adopted will not automatically receive a share. Children the deceased placed for adoption who were legally adopted by another family do not receive a portion of the estate. The grandchildren of the deceased will receive a share too if their parent has died before you do.

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If you pass away without a will in Ohio, your assets will go to your closest relatives in “intestate succession.” Only assets that you own alone in your name are affected by intestate succession laws. Under intestate succession, what you receive depends on whether or not you have living children, parents, a spouse, or other close relatives when you pass.

Read the following to understand intestacy law in Ohio:

• If the deceased has surviving children but no spouse, the children inherit everything.
• If the deceased has surviving spouse but no descendants or parents, the spouse inherits everything.
• If the deceased has surviving spouse and descendants from you and the spouse, the spouse inherits everything.
• If the deceased has a surviving spouse and descendants not related to the spouse, the spouse inherits the first $200,000 of the intestate property plus half of the balance of the estate. The descendants inherit everything else.
• If the deceased leaves behind a surviving spouse and more than one child or descendants of those children, and the spouse is the natural or adoptive part of at least one child, the spouse inherits the first $60,000 of the intestate property, plus one third of the balance. If the spouse is not the natural or adoptive parent of any of the children, the spouse inherits the first $20,000 of the intestate property, plus one third of the balance of the estate. The descendants inherit the balance.
• If the deceased has surviving parents but no spouse or descendants, the parents inherit all of the estate.
• If the deceased has surviving siblings but no spouse, descendants, or parents, the siblings inherit all of the estate.

To learn more about intestacy law in Ohio, visit www.nolo.com.

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In the state of Alabama, if a loved one dies without a will and leaves behind a spouse, what your spouse receives depends on whether you have living parents and children. If you do not, your spouse inherits all of your intestate property. The size of each share depends greatly on how many children you have and whether or not you are married.

Read the following to understand who gets what according to intestate succession:

• If a loved one dies with children, but no spouse, parents, or siblings, the children inherit everything.
• If a loved one dies with a surviving spouse but no children, parents, or siblings, the spouse inherits everything.
• If a spouse and children survive who are related to the deceased and the spouse, the spouse inherits the first $50,000 of the intestate property, plus half of the balance on the intestate property. The children inherit the remaining intestate property.
• If a spouse and children survive who are not related to the spouse, the spouse inherits half of the intestate property and the children receive the remainder of the estate.
• If only a spouse and parents survive, the spouse inherits the first $100,000 of the intestate property, plus half of the balance of your intestate property.
• If parents survive but no children, spouse, or siblings, the parents inherit all of the estate.
• If siblings survive, but no children, spouse or parents, the siblings inherit all of the estate.
• If the deceased has no living family, the estate is turned over to the state. However, this rarely happens because the law is designed to get your property to anyone who was remotely related to you. If there are any surviving cousins, great uncles, aunts, or siblings of a spouse, they will receive the estate before the state of Alabama.

To learn more about intestacy laws, visit www.nolo.com.

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You’ve just lost a loved one suddenly, and if passing without a will, you and your family are left with legal matters that are often confusing and stressful. In the state of Vermont, intestacy law is in place to divide any part of a decedent’s estate that is not effectively disposed by will, which passes to the decedent’s heirs, as modified by the decedent’s will.

Read the following to understand intestacy laws in Vermont:

• After all payments of debts, funeral charges and expenses, the surviving spouse shall receive the entire estate as long as all of the descendants are also descendants of the surviving spouse. The surviving spouse may receive the decedent’s furniture and furnishings, terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, and vehicles, as long as the descendants of the decedent do not object.
• In the event that one or more surviving descendants of the decedent who are not related to the spouse, and they are not excluded by the will, the surviving spouse shall receive one half of the estate.

• If there is no surviving spouse, the estate goes to the parents of the decedent equally.
• The estate is divided equally to the decedents siblings and the descendants of any deceased siblings.
• One half of the intestate estate goes to the decedent’s paternal grandparents equally if they both survive.
• The estate is divided in equal shares to the next of kin to equal degree.

To learn more about intestacy law, visit www.leg.state.vt.us.

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