TSEM6105 - Legal background to trusts & estates: partial intestacy

A will should cover all the assets of the deceased. If there are items that are not included, there is a partial intestacy. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp executor applies the rules of intestacy to the part of the estate omitted from the will. Whilst applying these rules, the executor must take into account the amount that a beneficiary has already received under the terms of the will.