Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Texas

I have a Texas State Probate Question. If an individual is related to a decedent by marriage (brother in law) and all other people related by blood are deceased, is it possible for the brother in law to get any assets left by the deceased. There is no formal will, nor anything in writing that would give him heirship. The brother in law's wife (decedent's sister) has also passed away. There is no debt, no homestead, and all other lineage has ended. No living parents, no living sisters or brothers, no living children, no living family.


Asked on 3/29/10, 9:00 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Cheryl Rivera Smith The Smith Law Firm

If immediate relatives are deceased, then estate goes to immediate relatives' heirs-at-law, which could be brother in law (or not) as well as children of heirs at law. You should check with an attorney to get a true picture of the lineage of the decedent for intestate succession.

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Answered on 4/04/10, 8:27 am


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