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    Mar 1, 2009, 08:19 AM
    Inheritance Issue
    If a distance relative dies and was not married or had children and no will, how is it decided who (which family members) receives the inheritance?
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    Mar 1, 2009, 08:40 AM

    By the will if they have one, if no will the probate law in the state where they died.

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