Intestate is a legal term used to describe the state of an individual who passes away without leaving a valid will or when the will presented to a court is deemed invalid. In an intestate, the laws of ...

When someone passes away without a valid will, they are said to have died intestate. In Pennsylvania, dying intestate can create confusion and disputes among surviving family members over how the ...

Some people may assume that if they do not make a will, their assets will “automatically” go to their spouse or children. But Virginia’s intestacy laws do not always align with what families expect.