Do descendant’s inherit from Aunt if her husband and only child without children or spouse have died and their father predeceased his sister? Texas law
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Do descendant’s inherit from Aunt if her husband and only child without children or spouse have died and their father predeceased his sister? Texas law
Texas State law
question
Laws of Intestate
confusion- inheritance
goes to siblings and
descendants, but is
this only true if the
sibling is still living
before the person dies?
Asked on August 8, 2018 under Estate Planning, Washington
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
When there is no will, the inheritance passes by intestate succession: the rules who gets what when there is no will. If the father would have inherited but predeceased (dies before the person he is inheriting from), his share goes to his own children. If the aunt died without surviving children (or children of childre), spouse or parents, her estate (the money and assets she leaves behind) go in equal shares to her siblings. If the father was her only sibling, then it all went to him; and if predeceased, it all goes to his children in equal shares.
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