{"id":70382,"date":"2011-04-20T12:30:01","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T05:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-does-scots-law-divide-a-bequeathed-estate\/"},"modified":"2017-10-30T11:03:28","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T04:03:28","slug":"how-does-scots-law-divide-a-bequeathed-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-does-scots-law-divide-a-bequeathed-estate\/","title":{"rendered":"How does Scots law divide a bequeathed estate?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nQ My two sisters have joint ownership of their house. The younger, 76, has a daughter and grandchildren and is carer for the older sister who is 81, unmarried, and refusing to make a will. We also have a younger sister who has nine grandchildren. Who, under Scots law, would be able to make a claim on the unmarried sister’s estate in the event of her death? MPA If your oldest sister dies intestate, ie without having made a will, the rules in Scotland say that as she was unmarried and had no children, one half of her estate would go to you and your siblings and the other half to your parents. But if your parents aren’t alive, everything would go to you and your siblings to be split equally between you all. If any of you die before your oldest sister, your share would go to your children on her death. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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