PERSONS WHO
SURVIVE DECEDENT
|
SURVIVORS DISTRIBUTION
|
Spouse and children or if no
children then their issue
|
Spouse receives $50,000.00 plus one-half of residue.
Children share remainder or if deceased, that child's
issue receives deceased child's share.
|
Spouse and no children or
their issue
|
Spouse receives everything.
|
Children or if no children, their
issue and no spouse
|
Children receive equally or if deceased, that child's
issue receives deceased child's share.
|
One or both parents and no spouse,
children or their issue
|
Parent receives everything. If two parents survive,
they receive equally.
|
Brothers and sisters or their issue
and no spouse, issue or parent
|
Brothers and sisters receive equally or if deceased,
that brother's or sister's issue receives deceased
brother's or sister's share.
|
Maternal and paternal grandparent
or grandparents or their children
(decedent's aunts and uncles) or
grandchildren (decedent's first
cousins) and no spouse, children,
issue, parents, brothers, sisters, or
their children's or issue
|
Maternal grandparents receive one-half, or if both
are deceased, their children (aunts or uncles) receive
one-half. If one of the grandparent's children is also
deceased that child's children (first cousins) receive
his share equally.
Paternal grandparents receive same as Maternal
grandparents.
|
Only maternal or only paternal
grandparents or their children or
grandchildren and no spouse,
children, issue, parents, brothers,
sisters or their children's issue.
|
Grandparents receive everything equally, or if both
are deceased, their children (aunts or uncles) receive
everything equally. If one of the grandparent's children
is also deceased, that child's children (first cousins)
divide his share equally.
|
Great-grandchildren of
grandparents (decedent's first
cousins once removed) and no
spouse, issue, parents, brothers,
sisters or their issue.
|
Maternal great-grandchildren receive one-half equally.
Paternal great-grandchildren receive one-half equally.
If only maternal or paternal great-grandchildren
survive, they receive everything equally.
|