INTESTATE SUCCESSION
\ɪntɪstˈe͡ɪt səksˈɛʃən], \ɪntɪstˈeɪt səksˈɛʃən], \ɪ_n_t_ɪ_s_t_ˈeɪ_t s_ə_k_s_ˈɛ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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The method by which property is distributed when a person dies without a valid will. Each state's law provides that the property be distributed to the closest surviving relatives. In most states, the surviving spouse, children, parents, siblings, nieces and nephews, and next of kin inherit, in that order.
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