When someone passes away without a valid will, they are said to have died intestate. In Pennsylvania, dying intestate can create confusion and disputes among surviving family members over how the ...

Think estate planning can wait? Here’s the thing: putting off or delaying estate planning can leave your loved ones in a difficult position. Among the issues is passing away without a will, one of ...

Estate planning is part of comprehensive financial planning. It includes making a will. If you don’t make a will before your death, you will die intestate. In that case, your assets will be ...

If you pass away and do not have a will, this is called dying “intestate.” So any assets that you own that would normally pass through a will would be distributed according to your state’s intestate ...

Take it from someone who got tongue tied a few times trying, “intestate” can be a tough word to say out loud. The phrase itself, “intestate succession” refers to the distribution of the estate when a ...

The Irish Jurist is Ireland's oldest established academic law journal and is edited by the staff in the UCD Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin. The Jurist is a generalist journal and ...