Legal Question in Family Law in Texas

step parents estate rights to deceased step child

My mother-in-law, survived her late husband, who was left as benificery of his son's estate. Do my mother-in-law have any rights to her step son's estate?


Asked on 2/04/08, 12:32 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
James Grissom Law Office of James P. Grissom

Re: step parents estate rights to deceased step child

The step-son's estate should have been merged into the husband's estate. So, she would get all of the step-son's estate that had passed to the father. Without a will or an inventory of the son's estate, I don't know what that would be.

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Answered on 2/04/08, 1:38 pm


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