The best option is to retain an attorney qualified in estate and probate law. In lieu of that contact the office of the clerk of the probate court in the city or county of residence for assistance. Not much can be done until the court appoints an executor or executrix beyond securing all property to the extent possible. No funds, personal or real property should arbitrarily be sold, transferred or allowed to be taken or given to family members. When a person dies intestate (without a will) the state probate succession laws apply.
to die without a will= intestate
Every state has intestate laws, that outline how a person's estate will be divided if he/she dies without a will, or intestate.
Someone who dies without a valid will is said to have died intestate.
Intestate.
You can open an estate for the deceased. Mississippi has a specific method for the distribution of the estate without a will.
The other guy dies.
The term is 'intestate'.
Each state has a section of law known as "intestacy law" which governs how property will be disposed of when a person dies without a will. Normally, it is first distributed among relatives.
A person can continue breathing with very little of the brain remaining. If the entire brain is removed, the person dies.
Without having made a valid will; without a will; as, to die intestate., Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will; as, an intestate estate., A person who dies without making a valid will.
A person who dies without a will is said to be intestate. Each state has specific laws about how property is divided when the deceased is intestate.
When a person dies intestate (without a will), the vehicle goes into probate with the rest of their estate, until the court determines how the deceased person's belongings will be awarded.
In all 50 US states when a person dies intestate (no will) the state probate's estate and succession laws apply. In general, the state will place the estate into trust on the behalf of the children after debts are paid off.