0 a situation in which someone dies without leaving instructions about who should be given their property: --
There is the alteration of the law proposed in cases of intestacy.
It gives first consideration to the need for intestacy rules to be clear and simple, both to understand and to operate.
He succeeds on intestacy, and his position is the position of a lawful child.
The rules of intestacy are to be amended so that illegitimacy becomes irrelevant for most purposes as regards entitlement to property on an intestacy.
Much still remains to be done to help the problems of the illegitimate, particularly in the field of intestacy and of inheritance.
They are not matters within my cognisance, but matters of intestacy, devolution of estates, and so on.
An important point which was discussed a good deal in another place is the right of the child to succession in case of intestacy.
Where disputes arise, family members must make their application for the grant on the basis of the intestacy laws.
