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If you were to die in the state of Washington without a will, you are said to have passed away intestacy. State intestate succession laws are in place to distribute your assets among your closest family members.

Read the following to understand intestacy laws in Washington:

• If the deceased leaves behind children but no spouse, parents, or siblings, the children will inherit everything.
• If the deceased leaves behind a spouse but no children, parents, or siblings, the spouse will inherit everything.
• If the deceased leaves behind parents but no children, spouse or siblings, the parents will inherit everything.
• If the deceased leaves behind siblings but no children, spouse, or parents, the siblings will inherit everything.
• If the deceased leaves behind a spouse and children, the spouse inherits all of the community property and 1/2 of the separate property. The children inherit the other 1/2 of the separate property.
• If the deceased leaves behind a spouse and parents, the spouse will inherit all of the community property and 3/4 of the separate property. The parents will inherit 1/4 of the separate property.
• If the deceased leaves behind a spouse and siblings, but no parents, the spouse inherits all of the community property and 3/4 of the separate property. The siblings will inherit 1/4 of the separate property.

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

If you or someone you know has lost a loved one without a will, contact the lawyers at Meyerson and O’Neill law firm today at 877-373-8059.

If you were to die in the state of North Dakota without a will in place, you are said to have passed away intestacy. North Dakota intestate succession laws divide up your assets to the closest living family members to avoid the risk of your assets going to the state.

Read the following to understand intestacy laws in North Dakota:

• If the deceased left behind children but no spouse, the children inherit the intestate property in equal shares.
• If the deceased left behind a spouse but no descendants or parents, the spouse inherits everything.
• If the deceased left behind a spouse and descendants from the deceased and spouse, and the spouse has no other descendants, the spouse inherits everything.
• If the deceased left behind a spouse and descendants from the deceased and spouse, and the spouse has descendants from another relationship, the spouse inherits the first $225,000 of the intestate property and 1/2 of the separate property balance, and the descendants of the deceased inherit the remainder.
• If the deceased left behind a spouse and descendants from another relationship, the spouse inherits the first $150,000 of the property and 1/2 the balance of the estate, and the descendants inherit the remainder.
• If the deceased left behind a spouse and parents, the spouse inherits the first $300,000 of the intestate property and 3/4 of the balance. The parents inherit the remainder of the intestate property.
• If the deceased left behind parents but no spouse or descendants, the parents inherit everything.
• If the deceased left behind siblings but no spouse, descendants, or parents, the siblings inherit everything.

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

If you or someone you know has lost a loved one without a will, contact the lawyers at Meyerson and O’Neill law firm today at 877-373-8059.

In the state of Hawaii, if you die without a will, you are said to have passed away intestacy. Intestate succession laws are in place to divide your assets among your closest living relatives. Valuable assets that do no go through your will otherwise are not part of intestate succession, only those that are in your name only.

Read the following to understand intestacy laws in Hawaii:

• If the deceased leaves behind children but no spouse, the children will inherit everything.
• If the deceased leaves behind a spouse but no descendants or parents, the spouse will inherit everything.
• If the deceased leaves behind a spouse and descendants from the deceased and spouse, and the spouse has no other descendants, the spouse inherits everything.
• If the spouse and descendants from both the deceased and spouse are living, and the spouse has descendants from another relationship, the spouse will inherit $150,000 from the intestate property plus 1/2 of the balance. The descendants inherit the remainder of the intestate property.
• If the spouse and descendants from the deceased and someone other than the spouse are still living, the spouse inherits $100,000 from the intestate property plus 1/2 of the separate property. The descendants inherit everything else.
• If the spouse and parents are surviving, the spouse inherits $200,000 of the intestate property plus 3/4 of the balance; the parents inherit the remainder.
• If the parents are surviving but no spouse or descendants, the parents inherit everything.
• If the siblings are surviving but no spouse, descendants, or parents, the siblings inherit everything.

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

If you or someone you know has lost a loved one without a will, contact the lawyers at Meyerson and O’Neill law firm today at 877-373-8059.

If you die in the state of Georgia without a will, you are said to have passed intestacy. Intestate succession laws are in place to distribute the assets you own among your close relatives. These assets are ones that you own in your name only, with no named beneficiary.

Read the following to understand intestacy laws in Georgia:

• If the deceased leaves behind children but no spouse, the children inherit the everything.
• If the deceased leaves behind a spouse but no descendants, the spouse inherits everything.
• If the deceased leaves behind a spouse and descendants, the spouse and descendants equally share the property, but the spouse share cannot be less than 1/3 of the property.
• If the deceased leaves behind parents but no spouse or descendants, the parents inherit everything, divided equally.
• If the deceased leaves behind siblings but no spouse, descendants, or parents, the siblings inherit everything in equally shares.

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

If you or someone you know has lost a loved one without a will, contact the lawyers at Meyerson and O’Neill law firm today at 877-37308059.

If you die in the state of Idaho without a will, your assets will be divided among your relatives according to intestate succession laws. Only those assets that would have regularly passed through a will are assets that are distributed by intestate succession laws. Valuable assets such as retirement funds are passed to the surviving co-owner or beneficiary that you named.

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

• If the deceased left behind surviving children but no spouse, the children inherit the entire property in equal shares.
• If the deceased left behind a surviving spouse but no descendants or parents, the spouse inherits everything.
• If the deceased left behind parents but no spouse or descendants, the parents inherit everything.
• If the deceased left behind a spouse and descendants, the spouse inherits all of the community property and 1/2 of separate property. The children inherit the remaining 1/2 of separate property.
• If the deceased left behind a spouse and parents, the spouse inherits all of the community property and 1/2 of the separate property and the parents inherit the remaining separate property.

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

If you or someone you has lost a loved one without a will, contact the experts at Meyerson and O’Neill law firm today at 877-373-8059.

If you die in the state of Oklahoma without a will, you are said to have died intestacy. This means that it is up to the state to divide your assets among your relatives under intestate succession laws. Assets that are divided among family members are ones that are in your name only. Many valuable assets do not go through your will and are untouched by intestacy laws, such as 401(k)s, retirement plans, life insurance, or property you own with someone else.

Read the following to understand intestacy laws in Oklahoma:

• If the deceased leaves behind children but no spouse, the children will inherit everything and divide shares equally.
• If the deceased leaves behind a spouse but no descendants, parents, or siblings, the spouse will inherit everything.
• If the deceased leaves behind a spouse and descendants from that spouse, the spouse inherits 1/2 of the estate and the descendants inherit the rest.
• If the deceased leaves behind a spouse and at least one descendant from someone other than that spouse, the spouse inherits 1/2 of the property acquired together and splits the remainders equally with the descendants. The descendants also inherit everything else.
• If the deceased leaves behind a spouse and parents, the spouse inherits all of the property acquired together during marriage plus 1/3 of the remaining property, and the parents receive everything else.
• If the deceased leaves behind a spouse and siblings, the spouse inherits all of the property acquired together during marriage plus 1/3 of the property, and the siblings inherit the remainder.
• If the deceased leaves behind parents but no spouse or descendants, the parents inherit all of the property.
• If the deceased leaves behind siblings but no spouse, descendants, or parents, the siblings inherit everything.

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

If you or someone you know has lost a loved one without a will, contact the lawyers at Meyerson O’Neill law firm today at 877-373-8059.

If you die in the state of South Carolina without a will, you are said to have passed away intestacy. Your assets will go to your closest surviving relatives, in the order of intestate succession. Intestate succession laws are in place to keep the assets of the deceased in the family.

Read the following to understand intestacy laws in South Carolina:

• If the deceased leaves behind children with no spouse, the children will inherit everything.
• If the deceased leaves behind a spouse but no descendants, the spouse will inherit everything.
• If the deceased leaves behind a spouse and descendants, the spouse will inherit 1/2 of the intestate and the descendants will receive an equal share of the remainder.
• If the deceased leaves behind parents but no spouse or descendants, the parents will inherit everything.
• If the deceased leaves behind siblings but no spouse, descendants, or parents, the siblings will inherit everything.

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

If you or someone you know has lost a loved one suddenly and without a will, contact the lawyers at Meyerson and O’Neill law firm today at 877-373-8059.

If you die in the state of North Carolina without a will, you are said to have died intestacy. Your assets will go to your closest relatives under the state “intestate succession” laws. Assets that are not affected by intestate succession laws include those that would not go through your will otherwise.

Read the following to understand intestacy laws in North Carolina:

• If the deceased left behind children but no spouse, the children inherit everything.
• If the deceased left behind a spouse and no children or parents, the spouse inherits everything.
• If the deceased left behind a spouse and one child or descendants of one child, the spouse inherits 1/2 of the intestate personal property. If the deceased left behind property worth $60,000 or less, the spouse inherits all of it. If the deceased left behind property worth more than $60,000, the spouse inherits $60,000 plus 1/3 of the remainder. The children or descendants of the children inherit 1/2 of the intestate real estate and any intestate property remaining after the spouse’s share.
• If the deceased left behind a spouse and two or more children, or descendants of those children, the spouse inherits 1/3 of the intestate real estate and a portion of the intestate personal property. If you die with personal property worth $60,000 or less, your spouse inherits all of it. If you have more than $60,000 worth of personal property, your spouse inherits $60,000 plus 1/3 of the balance. The children or descendants inherit 1/3 of real estate and personal property remaining after the spouse’s share.
• If the deceased left behind a spouse and parents, the spouse inherits 1/2 of the intestate real estate and a portion of the intestate personal property. If the deceased leaves behind personal property worth $100,000 or less, the spouse inherits all of it; if the spouse leaves behind more than $100,000 of personal property, the spouse inherits $100,000 and 1/2 the balance. The parents inherit 1/2 of the property remaining after the spouse has received their share.
• If the deceased leaves behind parents but no spouse or descendants, the parents inherit all of the intestate property.
• If the deceased leaves behind siblings but no spouse, descendants, or parents, the siblings inherit all of the intestate property divided equally.

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

If you or someone you know has lost a loved one without a will, contact the lawyers at Meyerson and O’Neill law firm today at 877-373-8059.

If you die in the state of Montana without leaving behind a will, you are said to have died intestacy. Your assets will go to your closest relatives under state “intestate succession” laws. Only assets that would have passed through your will are affected by intestate succession laws. Many valuable assets such as 401(k)s and other retirement accounts do not go through your will. These assets will pass to the surviving co-owner or to the beneficiary you named, regardless of whether or not you have a will.

Read the following to understand intestacys law in Montana:

• If the deceased leave behind children but no spouse, the children inherit the entire intestacy property, divided equally.
• If the deceased leave behind a spouse but not descendants or parents, the spouse inherits the entire intestacy property.
• If the deceased leave behind a spouse and descendants that are related to both, and the spouse has no other descendants, the spouse inherits the entire intestacy property.
• If the deceased leave behind a spouse and descendants related to both, and the spouse has descendants from another relationship, the spouse inherits the first $150,000 of the intestate property, plus 1/2 of the balance. The children of the deceased inherit everything else.
• If the deceased leaves behind a spouse and descendants from the deceased and someone other than the spouse, the spouse inherits $100,000 of the intestate property, plus 1/2 of the balance. The descendants inherit the rest.
• If the deceased leaves behind a spouse and parents, the spouse inherits the first $200,000 of the intestate property, plus 3/4 of the balance. The parents inherit the remainder in equal shares.
• If the deceased leaves behind parents but no spouse or descendants, the parents inherit everything.
• If the deceased leaves behind siblings but no spouse, descendants, or parents, the siblings inherit everything.

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

If you or someone you know has lost a loved one without a will, contact the lawyers at Meyerson and O’Neill law firm today at 877-373-8059.

If you die without a will in Texas, you are said to have died intestacy. Your assets will go to your closest relatives through “intestate succession.” The assets your relatives receive depends on whether you have children, a spouse, parents, and other close relatives when you die.

Read the following to understand intestacy laws in Texas:

• If the deceased leaves behind children, but no spouse, parents, or siblings, the children inherit the entire intestacy property.
• If the deceased leaves behind a spouse but no children, parents, or siblings, the spouse inherits the entire intestacy property.
• If the deceased leaves behind parents, but no children, spouse, or siblings, the parents inherit the entire intestacy property.
• If the deceased leaves behind siblings, but no children, spouse, or parents, the siblings inherit the entire intestacy property.
• If the deceased leaves behind a spouse and children who are related to both, the spouse inherits all of the community property, plus 1/3 of separate property, and the right to use the estate for life. The children inherit everything else.
• If the deceased leaves behind a spouse and children who are not related to the spouse, the spouse inherits 1/3 of the separate property and the right to use the real estate for life. The children inherit the rest, and 1/2 interest in community property.
• If the deceased leaves behind a spouse and parents, the spouse inherits all of the community property, the separate property, and the right to use 1/2 of the real estate for life. The parents inherit everything else.
• If the deceased leaves behind a spouse and siblings, but no parents, the spouse inherits all of the community property, the separate property, and the right to use 1/2 the real estate for life. The siblings inherit the rest.

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

If you or someone you know has lost a loved one without a will, contact the lawyers at Meyerson and O’Neill law firm today at 877-373-8059.