Inheritance

[Guest]

Hello lovely people i'm hoping someone can advise me.

My aunt recently passed away without a Will in place to my knowledge. She had no surviving spouse & had no children. She does however have a surviving sister age 81+ with kids and a deceased brothers kids.

My question is would the deceased brothers kids have an entitlement. I have looked online and some sites say it would go to the sibling and some also say that the deceased siblings children would also be legally entitled.

[des8]

Sorry to hear of your loss.

Intestacy rules mean:that when a person with no spouse/civil partner passes their estate is inherited by survivors in the following order:

• Their parents;
• If parents are deceased, to their brothers and sisters;
• If they have no siblings or surviving parents, to their grandparents;
• If grandparents are also deceased, to uncles and aunts;
• If they have no living relatives, the estate will go to the Crown.

This website can help you work out if any particular class of person is entitled: https://www.gov.uk/inherits-someone-dies-without-will

[2222]

Sorry to hear of your loss.

Intestacy rules mean:that when a person with no spouse/civil partner passes their estate is inherited by survivors in the following order:

• Their parents;
• If parents are deceased, to their brothers and sisters;
• If they have no siblings or surviving parents, to their grandparents;
• If grandparents are also deceased, to uncles and aunts;
• If they have no living relatives, the estate will go to the Crown.

This website can help you work out if any particular class of person is entitled: https://www.gov.uk/inherits-someone-dies-without-will

If you follow that link, you eventually get to the answer to the original question:-

'If a brother or sister has already died, their children (nieces and nephews of the deceased) inherit in their place.'