If my husband dies without leaving a will, how will his estate be divided?
If the husband dies without leaving a will, the estate will be divided based on Clause 1, Article 650 Civil Code 2015 Regulations on cases of inheritance according to law are as follows:
Cases of inheritance according to law
1. Inheritance according to law applies in the following cases:
a) No will:
b) The will is not legal;
c) The heirs under the will die before or at the same time as the previous testator or at the same time as the testator: the agency or organization entitled to inherit under the will no longer exists at Time to open inheritance:
d) People who are designated as heirs according to the will but do not have the right to inherit or refuse to receive the inheritance.
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So in case Mr. A dies and does not leave a will, the estate will be divided based on legal inheritance regulations.
If my husband dies without leaving a will, can my wife inherit?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 651 Civil Code 2015 The legal heirs are divided into three lines of inheritance as follows:
Heirs by law
1. The heirs at law are specified in the following order:
a) The first line of inheritance includes: wife, husband, biological father, biological mother, adoptive father, adoptive mother, biological children, and adopted children of the deceased;
b) The second line of inheritance includes: grandfather, grandmother, maternal grandfather, maternal grandmother, biological brother, biological sister, younger sibling of the deceased; grandchildren of the deceased and the deceased is a grandfather, grandmother, maternal grandfather, maternal grandmother;
c) The third line of inheritance includes: paternal and maternal great-grandparents of the deceased; paternal uncle, paternal uncle, paternal uncle, paternal aunt, paternal aunt of the deceased; nephew of the deceased and the deceased is a paternal uncle, maternal uncle, maternal uncle, maternal aunt, maternal aunt; The deceased's great-grandchildren are paternal and maternal great-grandchildren.
2. Heirs of the same line are entitled to equal shares of the inheritance.
3. Those in the next line of inheritance are only entitled to inherit, if there is no one left in the previous line of inheritance due to death, no right to inherit, disqualified from inheriting or refusing to receive inheritance.
Accordingly, if Ms. B is still the wife of the deceased, she will be in the first line of inheritance and will enjoy the inheritance along with her father, mother-in-law (if still alive), and children (if any).