My mother is selling her house - two properties (bungalow and oak barn) classed as one property - near Winchester, Hampshire.

Andrew Wilkinson, Head of Inheritance Disputes at Lime Solicitors, explained: "The sad situation surrounding Gene Hackman and ...

He left his estate to his wife without specifying what should happen if she died before him, meaning that his assets would pass under intestacy rules and go to his children, despite not originally ...

As a result, Hackman's estate enters intestate proceedings ... and when that happens, we have other rules in place that tell us who it’s going to go to, and the first people that it goes ...

Almost three-quarters (65%) of people in the UK believe the law of intestacy should be changed to offer legal protections for unmarried couples without a will, according to a poll released this week ...

As the legal eagle explained, the actor's estate goes into what is called intestate - it's as if he ... we have other rules in place that tell us who it's going to go to, and the first people ...

Where someone dies intestate, the law determines how their estate is to be distributed. Who is entitled under these rules (the intestacy rules) depends on the value of the deceased's estate and which ...

Few households pay IHT (just 4.39% of all UK deaths in 2021-22), due to a personal allowance ... Should you pass away, your assets would be divided according to intestacy rules, including any life ...

It came into force on 1 October 2014 by commencement order 2014/2039. The Act reforms: The intestacy rules contained in the Administration of Estates Act 1925 and the Intestates’ Estates Act 1952.