Talk:Intestacy

Administration of an intestate estate (UK)

Editors are invited to cleanup (and maybe rename) Administration of an estate on death. See talk page and also talk:probate. --Concrete Cowboy 18:13, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

correction needed to inheritance rules in england and wales

According to lengthy discussion on LIS-LAW, whoever wrote this got inheritance tax (IHT) laws, mixed up with the intestacy rules as laid out under Administration of Estates Act 1925, section 46. It doesn't matter what the total value of the estate is. If the intestate dies with a spouse/civil partner and children, the spouse/civil partner gets the first £125,000 (net and free from IHT), and half of the rest of the estate, with the other half going to the children. If there are no children, but other specified relatives (e.g. parents/siblings of the deceased), the spouse/civil partner gets the first £200,000 (net and free from IHT), and half of the rest of the estate. The £275,000 threshold refers to IHT laws only, NOT intestacy. Don't give your money to the government, make a will!!! Lawlibgirl (talk) 11:28, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Inheritance rules in Australia?

Nothing on inheritance rules here for us guys in Australia. Should we look at adding some? For example, NSW law was recently amended by the Succession Act 2006 which was proclaimed on March 1, 2008 - this made a fair few amendments to the Wills, Probate and Administration Act 1898 (which is now just the Probate and Administration Act 1898). Anyone else have anything to contribute to Aussie law? Other states, especially? LudBob (talk) 00:41, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

In general

For England and Wales the Law Commission in 2009 produced a consultation document on intestacy which is much more accessible than this. The document can be downloaded (http://www.justice.gov.uk/lawcommission/docs/cp191_Intestacy_Consultation.pdf) and can provide material for the article. Also available on the internet is research conducted started in 2009 by NatCen and Cardiff University for the Law Commission; it can be accessed via this web page: http://www.natcen.ac.uk/study/inheritance-and-the-family. This contains views of the public about what the intestacy rules should be.
It doesn't need a lawyer to put together an informative article on intestacy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chrisemms (talk • contribs) 11:36, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

Intestate

Intestate, at least in the Commonwealth of Virginia, means the person died without a will. It does not necessarily mean that the estate was bankrupt and unable to bury the person. This needs to get cleaned up.