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  2. Intestacy - Wikipedia

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    Intestacy has a limited application in those jurisdictions that follow civil law or Roman law because the concept of a will is itself less important; the doctrine of forced heirship automatically gives a deceased person's next-of-kin title to a large part (forced estate) of the estate's property by operation of law, beyond the power of the deceased person to defeat or exceed by testamentary gift.

  3. Uniform Probate Code - Wikipedia

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    Intestate succession of property; procedures for making, interpretation, and revocation of wills (includes Statutory rule against perpetuities and Uniform Simultaneous Death Act) 3 Probate of Wills and Administration: Procedural rules for the probate process 4 Foreign Personal Representatives and Ancillary Administration

  4. Forced heirship - Wikipedia

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    The legitime is equal to 25% of the patrimony (if one forced heir); or 50% (if more than one); and each forced heir will receive the lesser of an equal proportion of the legitime or what they would have received through intestacy (LCC art. 1495, Succession of Greenlaw). If a person who would have otherwise qualified as a forced heir dies before ...

  5. What Are the Laws for Intestate Succession? - AOL

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  7. I Live in Florida. Do I Need a Living Trust or Will (Or Both)?

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    The post Differences Between a Living Trust and a Will in Florida appeared first on SmartReads by SmartAsset. A last will and testament is a basic building block for establishing an estate plan.

  8. Probate research - Wikipedia

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    Succession law determines who a person’s legal heirs (also called legal issue in the US) are [1].There also may be known heirs from one part of the family, but another part of the family may be unknown (usually the case in intestate succession) In other cases, an heir may not be a family member, but someone who has been named as heir in a ...

  9. Administrator of an estate - Wikipedia

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    The administrator of an estate is a legal term referring to a person appointed by a court to administer the estate of a deceased person who left no will. [1] Where a person dies intestate, i.e., without a will, the court may appoint a person to settle their debts, pay any necessary taxes and funeral expenses, and distribute the remainder according to the procedure set down by law.