Please can someone with knowledge of inheritance help me to navigate through this inheritance situation. This is on behalf of a friend.
90 year old widow owns a house, has 2 children (son and daughter).
The son has terminal cancer. Son lives with partner, they are not married, they have a young child.
Son has not made a will. I presume 90 year old has made a will but even if she hasn’t her estate would be split between her children.
If the son dies before his mother (likely), who will inherit the proceeds from the house sale when the 90 year old dies? Is it just the 90 year old’s daughter or does the son’s share of the inheritance automatically pass onto his child?
If the answer is yes then if the son made a will, could he pass on his share of the house to his partner rather than his daughter if he wanted to?
If the answer to this is no, would this change if they were married?
I know he needs to make a will for other aspects of his finances, but I am not sure if the will would address the situation of who would get the proceeds from the sale of his mother's house or even if marriage would address this.
Thanks for any advice on this that anyone can offer
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voituredepompier · 04/09/2015 11:38
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