Property left to a person for their life creates a life estate. The person is a life tenant. When the life tenant dies, the property (or remainder) goes to another, called the remainderman.
When someone takes advantage of an elderly person and gets them to make a will when they don’t have testimentary capacity that may be a crime.
Escheat means that the state owns your property after you die if you don’t have a will and no heirs can be found. Prevent this by having a will.
When a person dies intestate, the determination of who gets his property is made by a judge with reference to the state’s descent and distribution laws.
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