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Asked on June 15, 2012 under Estate Planning, Tennessee
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
If you don't leave a Will, the rules of intestate succession determine inheritance. Intestate means dying without a Will.
Under intestate succession, your entire estate including your house and land would go to your surviving spouse. If there is no surviving spouse, your estate will be divided equally among your surviving children. If you have a deceased child, who had children (your grandchildren), your grandchildren would inherit the share that their deceased parent would have inherited had the deceased parent survived.
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