Inheritance of estate

If an adult was adopted as a child and later discovered that their biological parent has died, according to Louisiana Law, how do they inherit from the dead parent's estate?

I've tried researching this and the legalese leaves me confused. In the state of CA for someone who has died recently and left her two children the value of her estate which is primarily her home and annuities totaling less then a million dollars, is there any state tax due? Is there any federal...

Hello, My mom has a home valued at approx. $800,000. Upon her death, she'd like to leave the entire estate to me, but is worried that the taxes I have to pay will be very high. Would the taxes be less if she divided the estate between my brother and I (about $400,000 each)? In other words, if I...

My mother died last year. Her gross estate is worth about 1.2 million, all house. ( Calif real estate). My attorney tells me the amount over 1 mil. Is taxed at 48%. Nowhere can I find information about this tax, or, that the cut off is 2 mil. Any info would be appreciated.

When my father passed away, everything he had went to his wife (my stepmother). When she passes away, what are my rights, estate-wise, under CA law? Thank you.