Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Virginia
if your father remarries, already has 3 children, and dies without a will, are his children to recieve any of his personal belongings, or are all of his personal property to go to his 2nd wife and her children by previous marriage?
Asked on 2/28/10, 12:28 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson
Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson
No, his children from the prior marriage would take 2/3 pf his estate assets and the surviving wife(#2) the remaining 1/3. (See Va. Code Sec. 64.1-1.)
Answered on 3/05/10, 8:58 pm