If someone dies without a Will and was married several times, how is their estate split?

If someone dies without a Will and was married several times, how is their estate split?

He was married twice, and divorced twice, and then remarried first wife. First marriage 2 boys 38, 32 years old; second marriage 2 boys 16,17 years old (they are under their mother guardianship). First wife still alive. How do we share his stuff legally?

Asked on February 17, 2012 under Estate Planning, Missouri

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