My mother passed away and has a settlement from a car wreck who gets the money
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My mother passed away and has a settlement from a car wreck who gets the money
There is me and 2 sisters
Asked on November 21, 2016 under Estate Planning, Kentucky
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
It becomes part of her "estate"--that is, the assets she had when she passed away--and will be distributed according to her will, if she has one, or by the rules of intestate succession (who gets what when there is no will): if she has no surviving spouse and the three of you are her only children, it will be split between the three of you after the estate is probated.
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