Legal Question in Family Law in Kentucky

we were recently informed that my husbands deceased father puchased land

We have recently been contacted by my husbands deceased fathers wife. She informed us that his father had purchased land in 1983. When she tried to sell this land her attorney informed her that because there was no will ashe could not even give the land away without all of the signatures of his children, because they are entitled to some of this land. They were only married for 4 months. She has been paying the taxes on this land , but again we never even knew it existed until about a week ago. We would like to know how much we are entitled to and how much she is entitled to? Also, because they were only married for 4 months and there was no will, is my husband and his brother entitled to any of his pension. Their fater died in 1985 and my husband and his brothers were minors at the time. His wife refused to give them anything, not even their fathers military medals. Everything went to her and her children even though there was no willl, so naturally the discovery of this land has raised a lot of questions. I would appreciate any information that you can give me in this matter. t=The deceased wife currently resides in Kentucky and we are in Mass.


Asked on 4/08/06, 9:47 am

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Re: we were recently informed that my husbands deceased father puchased land

You need to ask a Kentucky attorney this question as Kentucky law will dictate the division. In most states the children would be entitled to half the assets of estate if he died without a Will. In this case if there are 4 children, your husband would be entitled to 1/8 of the property. however, Ky law may have different rules I suggest you resubmit your question and indicate it is a matter of Ky Law.

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Answered on 4/08/06, 10:49 am


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