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  2. Estates of Deceased Persons (Forfeiture Rule and Law of ...

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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.

  3. Administration (probate law) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975

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    An Act to make fresh provision for empowering the court to make orders for the making out of the estate of a deceased person of provision for the spouse, former spouse, child, child of the family or dependant of that person; and for matters connected therewith. Citation: 1975 c. 63: Territorial extent England and Wales: Dates; Royal assent: 12 ...

  5. Probate - Wikipedia

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    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 jurisdiction where the deceased resided at the time of their death.

  6. List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2011

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    An Act to amend the law relating to the distribution of the estates of deceased persons; and for connected purposes. Wreck Removal Convention Act 2011 2011 c. 8

  7. Personal representative - Wikipedia

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    In common law jurisdictions, a personal representative or legal personal representative is a person appointed by a court to administer the estate of another person. If the estate being administered is that of a deceased person, the personal representative is either an executor if the deceased person left a will or an administrator of an intestate estate. [1]

  8. Options available if an AOL account owner passes away

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    • A copy of the will of the deceased AOL account holder giving the requester access to digital assets; or • A notice of executor or notice of administration giving the requester access to digital assets; or • A court order issued in the United States that satisfies AOL's requirements. AOL will provide you the required language for the ...

  9. Forced heirship - Wikipedia

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    Forced heirship is a form of testate partible inheritance which mandates how the deceased's estate is to be disposed and which tends to guarantee an inheritance for family of the deceased. In forced heirship, the estate of a deceased (de cujus) is separated into two portions. An indefeasible portion, the forced estate, [a] passing to the ...