- Spouse or civil partner surviving 28 days, but no issue, parent(s), brother(s) or sister(s), nephew(s) or niece(s)
Spouse or civil partner takes everything absolutely.
- Spouse or civil partner surviving 28 days and issue
- Spouse or civil partner takes personal chattels (car, furniture, pictures, clothing, jewellery, etc). Plus £125,000 absolutely. Plus life interest (income only) in one-half of the residue.
- Issue takes one-half of the residue on reaching age 18 or marrying below that age. Plus one-half of the residue on death of spouse or civil partner.
- Spouse or civil partner takes personal chattels (car, furniture, pictures, clothing, jewellery, etc). Plus £125,000 absolutely. Plus life interest (income only) in one-half of the residue.
- Spouse or civil partner surviving 28 days, no issue but parent(s) or brother(s) or sister(s) or nephew(s) or niece(s)
- Spouse or civil partner takes personal chattels. Plus £200,000 absolutely. Plus one-half of the residue absolutely.
- Parent(s), failing a parent then brothers and sisters (nephews and nieces step into their parent’s shoes if the latter is dead), take one-half of the residue.
- Spouse or civil partner takes personal chattels. Plus £200,000 absolutely. Plus one-half of the residue absolutely.
- No spouse or civil partner, or spouse or civil partner dying within 28 days
Everything is taken by:
Issue; but if none, then the grandchildren step into the shoes of their parents; but if none:
Parents; but if none:
Brothers and sisters of the whole blood (nephews and nieces step into their parent’s shoes); but if none:
Brothers and sisters of the half blood (nephews and nieces step into their parent’s shoes); but if none:
Grandparents in equal shares; but if none:
Uncles and aunts of the whole blood (cousins step into their parent’s shoes); but if none:
Uncles and aunts of the half blood; but if none:
The Crown.
Notes
- An adopted child is treated as the legitimate child of the adopter(s).
- A child legitimated takes any interest as if born legitimate.
- An illegitimate child takes any interest provided there is satisfactory proof of parentage.
- The property of a man or woman who is divorced or legally separated does not go to the ex-spouse or civil partner under the intestacy rules.
- All relatives above are described as blood relationships; therefore the wife of an uncle bearing the courtesy title aunt cannot take.
