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Beneficiaries Without a Will in Tennessee
When a decedent dies without a will, he doesn’t leave beneficiaries. He leaves heirs -- individuals who are so closely related to him that they inherit his property by state law. However, those heirs become beneficiaries of his estate during probate. |
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Inheritance Laws in Tennessee
Some assets are not part of this estate because they are transferred at the time of death, such as life insurance policies, accounts with a payable-on-death transfer form on file with the financial institution or property that is owned jointly with t |
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Dying Without a Will
The state of Tennessee has enacted intestacy laws to designate where a person’s assets should go upon dying without a will. These laws direct the probate court to oversee the distribution of the estate to the heirs at law. |
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Dying Without a Will in Tennessee
What will you inherit if your relative dies without leaving a Last Will and Testament and the relative was a resident of Tennessee or owned real estate located in Tennessee? Even if you determine based on the information above that you are entitled t |
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