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  2. What Happens to an Inheritance a Beneficiary Died? - AOL

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    In that case, the inheritance will continue to pass along as state law and will terms required until the assets reach a living person. However, the details of anti-lapse laws vary widely.

  3. Laughing heir - Wikipedia

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    Under the common law, if no such persons exist, the property passes to the nearest living person who can demonstrate some degree of kinship with the deceased, no matter how distant the relation. Some jurisdictions have a laughing heir statute , which cuts off the right of inheritance when the remaining relatives become too remote.

  4. Probate - Wikipedia

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    In common law jurisdictions, probate is the judicial process whereby a will is "proved" in a court of law and accepted as a valid public document that is the true last testament of the deceased; or whereby, in the absence of a legal will, the estate is settled according to the laws of intestacy that apply in the state where the deceased resided at the time of their death.

  5. My dad left me $570,000 and his house in his will — now my ...

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    They can help you navigate inheritance and estate taxes, if applicable. There is currently no federal inheritance tax and the federal estate tax exemption for people who pass away in 2025 is $13.9 ...

  6. Administration (probate law) - Wikipedia

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    In common-law jurisdictions, administration of an estate on death arises if the deceased is legally intestate, meaning they did not leave a will, or some assets are not disposed of by their will. Where a person dies leaving a will appointing an executor , and that executor validly disposes of the property of the deceased within England and ...

  7. Lapse and anti-lapse - Wikipedia

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    The gift would instead revert to the residuary estate or be granted under the law of intestate succession. If the deceased beneficiary was intended to inherit part or all of the residuary estate, then that portion of the estate would pass by intestate succession, as though the testator had left no will. This rule is referred to as the doctrine ...

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  9. Forced heirship - Wikipedia

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    Forced heirship is generally a feature of civil-law legal systems which do not recognize total freedom of testation, in contrast with common law jurisdictions. Normally in forced heirship, the deceased's estate is in-gathered and wound up without discharging liabilities , which means accepting inheritance includes accepting the liabilities ...