TSEM6036 - Legal background to trusts & estates: invalid will - intestacy
If the will was not in a valid format (TSEM6034), or if there was no will, the deceased died intestate. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp law appoints a personal representative to administer the estate. This personal representative is known as an administrator.
»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp laws of intestacy determine
- who will inherit the possessions
- how much each will get.
»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp rules of intestacy are set out at TSEM7800 onwards.
»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp property of an intestate vests in the President of the Family Division of the High Court. It later passes to whoever the court appoints administrator.