Walk It Through: After the Funeral
A father dies without a will, a stepson, a small estate, and a widow who wants her share.
A man dies without a will. He leaves a wife and a son from an earlier marriage.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
An estate without a will and without real estate. A house, debts larger than the estate, a disputed heir, and federal benefits are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.