How can the property of a man who died intestate be transferred to the children?
Here are the intestacy rules in the UK In the event of intestacy there are rules that decide who gets what after your death. If the person who has died has a surviving husband or wife and there are no relatives of a certain type they the spouse will be entitled to everything. If there are children, parents or siblings (brothers and sisters) the following occurs in order of preference. ** * Shared between children, grandchildren or other lineal decedents else: * Shared between parents else: * Shared between siblings: If there is no surviving husband or wife the following occurs in order of preference: * To issue on the statutory trust if there are any else: * To the parents split equally else: * To the siblings (brothers and sisters) else: * To the grand parents split equally: * To the aunts and uncles split equally: * The Crown, Duchy of Lancaster or the Duke of Cornwall depending on where they lived.