The Supreme Court of Missouri stated that under Missouri probate law, adoption severs all legal ties between the parent and biological child, eliminating all
intestate succession rights.
(15) Lionel Smith, "
Intestate Succession in Quebec" in Kenneth GC Reid, Marius J de Waal & Reinhard Zimmermann, eds, Comparative Succession Law: Volume II:
Intestate Succession (Oxford: Oxford University Press) [forthcoming in 2015]; Morin, supra note 9; Joseph Dainow, "Unrestricted Testation in Quebec" (1936) 10:3 Tul L Rev 401.
Testate succession considers the creation of a valid will, while an
intestate succession in carried out under the laws of intestacy.
that they were able to inherit through
intestate succession from their
However, spousal rights under
intestate succession are greater than a domestic partner's rights in California; spouses get all property left behind by the decedent; domestic partners are only entitled to the entire estate if the decedent left no surviving issue, parent, brother, sister, etc.
717, 722; Mary Louise Fellows et al., Public Attitudes About Property Distribution at Death and
Intestate Succession Laws in the United States, 1978 AM.
(168) Thorough and readily accessible information about the ills of fractionation will be of utmost importance, but in the end, AIPRA allows, through testamentary disposition, for land to become fractionated to a greater degree than would be possible through
intestate succession. (169) Despite goals to the contrary, some individuals can and will devise property in a manner that further fractionates land.
Notwithstanding the application of the common law, in several appellate court decisions in Florida, a child born to a lawful, intact marriage has been permitted to take by
intestate succession from the estate of the child's biological father.
Although the amendment's language appeared to be limited to
intestate succession, the Q&As clarified that domestic partners who take under a will are entitled to the Article 13 reassessment exemption.
In addition, property transfers can involve gifts, contracts, wills,
intestate succession, and trusts.
For each jurisdiction, this paper addresses rights to property by surviving family members,
intestate succession, testamentary capacity and testamentary formalities, guardianship or tutorship, and, finally, guidance for preparing a will using DL Wills.
Land Loss Prevention Project: Legal Services of Greater Miami has received a grant from the ABA to start a Land Loss Prevention Project in partnership with the South Miami-Kendall Bar Association to address the problem of low-income African Americans losing title to their real property due to
intestate succession when people die without wills.