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Timestamp: 2019-04-21 02:20:16+00:00

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If you die without a valid will while residing in the State of West Virginia, you are said to have died "intestate." In order to determine who will receive your property if you die intestate, the State of West Virginia has established a number of laws (known as "intestacy laws" or "laws of intestate succession.") The primary statutes comprising these intestacy laws, or laws of intestate succession, are set forth below. For a more complete list, see West Virginia Intestacy Laws | Intestate Succession statutes.
West Virginia Intestacy Laws, §42-1-1. General definitions.
(15) "Guardian" means a person who has qualified as a guardian of a minor or incapacitated person pursuant to testamentary orcourt appointment, but excludes one who is merely a guardian ad litem.
(34) "Settlement" in reference to a decedent's estate, includes the full process of administration, distribution andclosing.
West Virginia Intestacy Laws, §42-1-2. Intestate estate.
West Virginia Intestacy Laws, §42-1-3. Share of spouse.
West Virginia Intestacy Laws, §42-1-3a. Share of heirs other than surviving spouse.
West Virginia Intestacy Laws, §42-1-3b. Requirement that heir survive decedent for one hundred twenty hours.
West Virginia Intestacy Laws, §42-1-3c. No taker.
West Virginia Intestacy Laws, §42-1-3d. Representation.
West Virginia Intestacy Laws, §42-1-3e. Kindred of half blood.
West Virginia Intestacy Laws, §42-1-3f. Afterborn heirs.
West Virginia Intestacy Laws, §42-1-3g. Advancements.
West Virginia Intestacy Laws, §42-1-4. Alienage.
West Virginia Intestacy Laws, §42-1-5. From whom children born out of wedlock inherit.
West Virginia Intestacy Laws, §42-1-6. Legitimation by marriage.
West Virginia Intestacy Laws, §42-1-7. Issue legitimate though marriage null.
West Virginia Intestacy Laws, §42-1-8. Posthumous children to take.
West Virginia Intestacy Laws, §42-1-9. Establishment and recordation of descent.
West Virginia Intestacy Laws, §42-1-10. Individuals related to decedent through two lines.

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