Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Illinois

inheritance

A man owns a house. He dies and the house goes to his wife. When the wife dies does the house or a part of it go to the man's child by a previous marriage? There were no

children born of his 2nd marriage.


Asked on 5/16/07, 12:46 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Peter Olson The Olson Law Firm, LLC

Re: inheritance

If the house went to the wife...like joint tenancy, then, whoever inherits from the wife is whom should get the house. Is there a will? If not there's a part of IL law that says how a persons assets are distributed if there is no will. If it's like you say it is this isn't a difficult situation to resolve. I'd like to see the house's deed for any relevant language.

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Answered on 5/16/07, 4:58 pm


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