Learn more about the Intestacy Rules in your area.
Each state has its own set of intestacy rules. When the citizens of the 13 colonies decided to form the United States, the founding fathers decided to give the federal government some powers but to let states have others. One of the powers each state retains is the right to decide how property passes at death. This is why we have 50 different systems in the United States.
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