If a person dies without a will in place, state "intestacy" statutes will determine who gets the property. ❋ Unknown (2007)
The Bahá’í laws of inheritance apply only in case of intestacy, that is, when the individual dies without leaving a will. ❋ 1817-1892 Bah��'u'll��h (1854)
Many people are simply unaware that should they die without a will, their assets are distributed according to the rules of intestacy – meaning their assets may not be going to those they would like them to go to. ❋ Mark King (2010)
Cf. "stepped-up" basis, where the recipient's income tax basis in property devised by will or distributed in intestacy will be its value as of the date of the passing of the donor. ❋ Unknown (2009)
If this is the case, when your mother dies, the intestacy rules say that her estate will be shared out equally between all her children. ❋ Virginia Wallis (2010)
Disappointing rates of intestacy may be as much a business problem as a legal one. ❋ Unknown (2008)
But what the DIY folks don't usually mention, and many people don't realize, is that the rules of intestacy also apply if you foul up a DIY will. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Whatever is left after taxes would be distributed according to the law of intestacy. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The stocks passed according to the law of intestacy, and the son, who the father wanted to disinherit, walked away with almost $400,000. ❋ Unknown (2010)
If you do not have a will -- although you should -- your half would go to your heirs in accordance with the laws of intestacy in the state where your property is located. ❋ Unknown (2010)
In this interdisciplinary law and business article, the authors investigate whether widespread intestacy may be attributable in part to the failure of the legal industry to market wills effectively. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Recall that in Marriage Cases the underlying issue was not really whether the state was obliged to provide gay couples specific rights “incident to marriage” e.g., intestacy rules, adoptions, powers of attorney, hospital-visitation rights. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Can you imagine what would happen to our tax and intestacy laws? ❋ Unknown (2009)
And we think that, when people can't put their loved one on an insurance policy or a health benefit plan, when they have no rights of intestacy when their partner dies, and when they can't make medical decisions for that person in a hospital or even visit them in a hospital, that the only way to cure it would be to allow for same-sex marriage, which we're proposing in New York. ❋ Unknown (2009)
