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Father died without a will
My dad just died in a homicide case and he has not left a will. he owns a gas station and a few properties. what do we do to transfer everything into my mom, his wife’s name?
Asked on June 9, 2009 under Estate Planning, Texas
Answers:
J.V., Member, New Jersey Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 14 years ago | Contributor
what you should do if there are a lot of assets is contact a local attorney who specializes in this area of law. If your father died without a will his estate will have to go through probate. However with his wife being left the estate should be easily probated. You can do it without an attorney but truthfully i would not suggest it as sometimes navigating a court system is confusing and legal counsel always helps.
You may also want to prepare by getting everything in order figuring out what was left and make the eventual division as simple as possible
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