Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Massachusetts

I'm sorry to hear about your mother's passing.

If your mother had a will, the terms of the will provide the instructions as to how her estate should be divided. If she did not leave a will, the state has determined, by statute, that her surviving spouse shall receive half of her estate and her surviving issue (you and your brothers) should share the other half equally among you.

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I am very sorry to hear that you have lost your mother.

Your mother's probate estate will be divided according to her will, if she left one. If your mother did not have a will, then her probate estate would be divided according to the law of intestacy in the state where she resided at her death - most likely split between children and spouse. Any property or assets that she owned jointly would pass to the joint owner.

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