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  • But few are aware that they will die "Intestate" if they pass away without writing a

    We Blog A Lot 2009

  • If one should die without a Will (Testamento), then the Intestate rules of the Probate Law must be applied to determine the disposal.

    dying either in our out of Mexico without a Mexican Will 2006

  • However, the measure, if enacted, would change all that, as it required all disputes relating to the inheritance of the estate of a deceased person who died without a will, to be dealt with in accordance with the Intestate Succession Act, where all children of the deceased would be entitled to a fair share of the estate.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • So, unless he leaves a Testamento for that property or unless the surving nieces present a claim, it will according to the Mexico Intestate laws revert to the government.

    dying either in our out of Mexico without a Mexican Will 2006

  • The court also said the Intestate Succession Act should be amended to provide for permanent same-sex life partners to inherit automatically on the death of their intestate partners, as a spouse would.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • On our way here on Intestate 90, we saw more than 50 trucks from the Midwest.

    CNN Transcript Oct 16, 2006 2006

  • Cambanis based her argument on the Intestate Act of 1987, which states that if a heterosexual couple have no children, the surviving spouse inherits the entire estate.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • "Earlier this year the Pretoria High Court declared section 1 (1) of the Intestate Succession Act ... to be unconstitutional in so far as it does not provide for a permanent same-sex life partner to inherit automatically, as a spouse would, when the other partner dies without a will," said Stander.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • The Concourt upheld the March ruling by the Pretoria high court that section 1 (1) of the Intestate Succession Act 81 of 1987 was unconstitutional because it excluded gay life partners.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • Section 1 (4) (b) of the Intestate Succession Act was also found to be unconstitutional and invalid and the Regulations for the

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2004

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