Order of Entitlement under the Intestacy rules.
The administration of estates act 1925
Administration of estates acts provisions.
First, where there is a surviving spouse he or she takes everything unless the Intestate left certain relatives.
(a) If the Intestate also left issue (that is children, grandchildren and remoter lineal decedents) the spouse and issue share the estate provided the issue satisfy the requirements of the statutory trusts.
(b) If the Intestate left no surviving issue, but left a surviving parent or parents, the parent(s) and the spouse share the estate. The parent(s) take(s) the property absolutely or in equal shares. If no parent survives but the Intestate left a living brother or sister of the whole blood (or other issue) they share the assets with the spouse, provided that they satisfy the requirements of the statutory trusts.
If the Intestate left no surviving spouse, the estate is distributed as follows.
(a) To issue on the statutory trusts, but if none then to
(b) Parents absolutely (and equally if both are alive), but if none, then to
(c) Brothers and sisters of the whole blood (i.e. the children of the same parents as the deceased) on the statutory trusts, but if none then to
(d) Brothers and sisters of half blood, (i.e. those who share one parent with the deceased) on the statutory trusts, but if none then to
(e) Grandparents absolutely (and equally if both are alive), but if none, then to
(f) Uncles and aunts of the whole blood i.e. brothers and sisters of the whole blood of one of the parents of the deceased) on the statutory trusts, but if none then to
(g) Uncles and aunts of the half blood (i.e. those with one parent in common with one of the parents of the deceased) on the statutory trusts, but if none