My husband was expecting that an inheritance from his mother that passed away the previous year, but now my husband has passed away. So what happens with that inheritance? Does it go to me? Does it go to my daughter? How does that work?
ANSWER BY MARGARET CROSS-BELIVEAU:
Ahh, the dreaded probate with a probate. Your mother-in-law’s will might have a survivorship clause whereby the beneficiaries must survive her by a certain amount of time. Typically, it isn’t too long of a time period. If he did die within the time period, your husband will be deemed by the will to have predeceased your mother-in-law and the will with direct the inheritance elsewhere. If he outlived the survivorship requirement, you will have to establish a probate for your husband’s estate to receive the inheritance. His will will control the inheritance, unless he didn’t have one and the statutory law of intestacy will control.
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