Are step-children legal heirs of a step-parent?
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My father married a woman in the early 70's who had been a widow. She had 3 grown kids. Are me and my sister heirs?
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If you are asking if you are this women's heir the answer is no, not unless she legally adopted you. Her being your step-mother doesn't qualify you as an "heir". An heir is either an adopted or biological child; not a step-child. Her children, however, would be her heirs.
If there is a Will, absent a specific bequest to you, you do not stand to inherit from her estate.
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