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»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp rules of intestacy govern what happens to an estate if someone dies without leaving a valid will. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp estate is divided according to a fixed set of rules which could be contrary to the intentions of the deceased.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp rules relating to intestacy are contained in S46 Administration of Estates Act 1925. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýappse rules were changed on 1 October 2014 by the Inheritance and Trustees Powers Act 2014 (ITPA 2014). 

If the deceased was married or in a civil partnership, irrespective of the estate value (for a death on or after 1 December 1993) and there are no children or grandchildren, the spouse or civil partner gets everything.

Where there are children or grandchildren, and the estate is worth more than £322,000, the spouse or civil partner would receive:

• Household contents and personal effects (“the personal chattelsâ€�, excluding property comprising monetary sums, business assets or held solely as an investment).
• First £322,000 (a fixed sum (see (a) of TSEM7828), free of inheritance tax and costs, with interest from the date of death
• One half of the balance of the estate.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp other one half passes equally between the children of the deceased (or their descendants).