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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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This is the scenario
Someone dies intestate.
They have no surviving husband or wife.
They have no surviving children.
They have no surviving brothers or sisters.
Their only surviving relatives are :
a niece
a son-in-law through a civil partnerhsip, not a 'true' marriage
Who would the courts view as being the next of kin ? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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And civil partners do count in law so the son in law would be classed as a closer relative than the neice so between the two it would be the son in law, not sure if he would still be classed as a civil son in law tho if the daughters dead? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"hang on how can they only have a neice and a son in law thro a civil partnership? wheres the daughter to make him the son in law?
they have no surviving children"
oh so its the dead daughters boyfriend? lol |
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"hang on how can they only have a neice and a son in law thro a civil partnership? wheres the daughter to make him the son in law?
they have no surviving children
oh so its the dead daughters boyfriend? lol"
it was a civil marriage so could have been the dead son. still saying neice |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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nah now ive understood and got all the info, its the son in law as civil partnerships do count in the eyes of the law so he would be classed as a closer relative than the neice |
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The niece would inherit
If there are no direct descendents surviving (son / daughter / grandchildren) & no direct ancestors (parents or grandparents) then collateral relatives are next in line (brothers, sisters, nephews and nieces)
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