| But if he dies without a will, the laws of intestacy determine who inherits what. |
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| Thus, there was an intestacy with respect to the residue of the Estate. |
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| Then the option of accepting or declining devolved upon the person or persons next in line under the will or the rules of intestacy. |
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| He or they, as the case may be, is or are determined by the decedent's testament, or by the law of intestacy, or by a combination of both. |
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| In the event of intestacy or an invalid will, the estate is distributed in accordance with the lawful division of shares. |
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| This can leave them financially disadvantaged, which is why it is vital that you make a will and avoid intestacy. |
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| The law about intestacy also applies if you do not deal with all your property in your will. |
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| This means the RDSP assets will pass in accordance with the beneficiary's will, or if there is no will, on an intestacy. |
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| If this were to happen, your estate would be distributed according to the intestacy laws in your province. |
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| The reason is that, for the first time, the case at bar involved an intestacy. |
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| The legal inheritance system of the Hanafite school applies to the Druze only in the case of intestacy or an invalid will. |
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| The term is defined in LPA 1925, s. 205, as any real property which on an intestacy occurring before the commencement of this Act might have devolved upon an heir. |
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| Taking just one example, intestacy laws were designed to prevent escheat of property to the state and to give effect to what would most likely have been a deceased's wishes. |
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| Therefore, it may be necessary to surrender a policy owner's life insurance policy for its cash surrender value as the result of his or her intestacy. |
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| Thus, under some laws, the status of illegitimate affects the rights of inheritance in the case of an intestacy, etc. |
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| In contrast to Anglo-American law, the assets of the decedent pass directly to the heirs, who are determined by the rules of intestacy or by testamentary disposition. |
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| If your surviving spouse dies without a will, his or her estate will be distributed according to the intestacy rules in his or her province or territory, which may exclude any of your children that your spouse did not adopt. |
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| The last two are the ways in which the modern systems of inheritance work: the estate is reallotted according to the rules of intestacy law or according to the will of the decedent. |
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| If a residuary devise fails in toto, the intestacy rules apply even though there is a will unless the will includes an alternative residuary provision. |
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