Think estate planning can wait? Here’s the thing: putting off or delaying estate planning can leave your loved ones in a ...

Whether it’s a bank account, retirement account, or a life insurance policy through your job, you need to start naming ...

Three years ago, Ontario’s Succession Law Reform Act (SLRA) was amended so that separated spouses are treated as divorced at ...

Another rule that’s crucial to keep in mind is the law of intestate succession. That means if someone dies without proper planning, their estate will automatically go to their next of kin.

The North Carolina Court of Appeals’ recent decision on December 3, 2024 in Abitol v. Clark highlights the critical role of ...

If you are married, these rules of “intestate succession” generally pass all, or most, of your assets to your surviving spouse, provided that your children are also your spouse’s children.

This intestacy led to problems with fractionation. Under the Allotment Act, heirs (those who inherited by intestate succession) took land as tenants in common, holding undivided shares of the same ...

Intestate succession laws determine how the deceased's estate is divided among their closest family members. In these cases, next of kin hold the legal rights to inherit based on the established ...