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When someone passes away, mourning can soon turn into fighting for the deceased persons inheritance.
If youve never experienced it yourself, Rian JohnsonsKnives Out(2019) is a pretty accurate example.
Family members often feel entitled to the bigger part of a deceased persons estate.
So its no surprise they feel offended when a non-family member is acting like the primary beneficiary.
One woman found herself in a tough situation over an exs will.
He decided to leave the majority of his estate to her and her family.
The woman asked other netizens whether keeping theinheritancemoney would make her the jerk.
People dont always leave their inheritance to family members.
Bill Gates, for example, famously said he wouldnt be leaving his entire empire to his children.
This case is obviously different $700,000 is nowhere near Gates $118 billion.
Yet its an example that people can choose to omit their family members from their wills.
Alaska, Kentucky, and Tennessee are elective community property states.
Under this law, theres separate property and community property in a marriage.
Each spouse has separate property, and then theres community property, i.e.
what the couple owns together.
Assets acquired by one spouse before marriage, or during the marriage by gift or inheritance are separate property.
What the couple accumulates during the marriage or in a shared effort is community property.
Under this law, spouses own everything onwards from the marriage 50/50, excluding gifts and inheritances.
That is if there was no prenuptial agreement.
The last is common law.
The remaining 38 states operate under common law policies, and they usually protect the surviving spouse.
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