Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Mississippi

Re: Is child entitled to estate.

My understanding is that if there is no will your brother, your stepmother, and you would share equally. I would recommend that you contact your stepmother and explain that you would like to see the will because you are having difficulty believing that your father left you nothing. However, it is common for parents to leave each other everything of value assuming that the survivor will leave something to the stepchildren.

Re: Is child entitled to estate.

your father is entitled to pass his estate however he wants, so whatever may be in his will controls, absent proof that your father was mentally incompetent at the time that he executed his will. if he died w/o a will, his surviving spouse is entitled to 50% of his probate estate and his kids are entitled to the other 50% of his probate estate. the life insurance and 401k are usually non-probate assets, so you may not be entitled to any of it. however, unless your mom & dad owned the house & property as joint tenants with full rights of survivorship, you and your siblings would own an undivided 50% interest in your father's portion. you need to check the land records on the house & property and see how it was owned. you would also be advised to hire an attorney to open your father's estate and appoint you as administratrix so that you can look into the life insurance, 401k, and other assets to see who is entitled to what.