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The Estates of Deceased Persons (Forfeiture Rule and Law of Succession) Act 2011 (c. 7) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom altering the rules on inheritance in England and Wales. Under the forfeiture rule of English common law, a person may not inherit from someone whom he or she has unlawfully killed.
This Act makes provision for a court to vary (and extend when appropriate) the distribution of the estate of a deceased person to any spouse, former spouse, child, child of the family or dependant of that person in cases where the deceased person's will or the standard rules of intestacy fail to make reasonable financial provision.
In common law jurisdictions, probate is the judicial process whereby a will is "proved" in a court of law and accepted as a valid public document that is the true last testament of the deceased; or whereby, in the absence of a legal will, the estate is settled according to the laws of intestacy that apply in the state where the deceased resided at the time of their death.
Where a person dies leaving a will appointing an executor, and that executor validly disposes of the property of the deceased within England and Wales, then the estate will go to probate. However, if no will is left, or the will is invalid or incomplete in some way, then administrators must be appointed.
In common law, an estate is a living or deceased person's net worth. It is the sum of a person's assets – the legal rights, interests, and entitlements to property of any kind – less all liabilities at a given time. The issue is of special legal significance on a question of bankruptcy and death of the person.
A copy of the death certificate of the AOL account holder, issued in the United States; A copy of the requester's government-issued ID; and; One of the following documents: • A copy of the will of the deceased AOL account holder giving the requester access to digital assets; or
Image title: 20/04/2010; Author: Scanned for Parliamentry Council Office: Short title: 33 and 34 Victoriae 1870 No 5 Deceased Persons Estates; Date and time of digitizing
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