Who inherits what, no will, no letters of administration

[mumma24]

My father in law sadly passed away recently. No will. He was in a nursing home and the only assets he had was £20,000 in the bank. My husband had power of attorney so access to the account. He went to the bank today to apply for letters of administration but the bank said he doesn't need this as amount is small. The bank closed the account and have transferred the money into his account. Can he decide how to distribute this money? and how much to give? He has no siblings ( his sister died years ago) but she has 2 children. We have 4 children. So are all the 6 grandchildren entitled so an equal share?

So assuming the funeral might cost £2k and there are no debts that would be likely to be £9k to your husband and £4500 to each of the sister's children.

Just in slight defence of the deceased daughter's children - my parents were kind of the driving factor in reminding me to ring my grandparents etc. I think it is morally fair to split it the legal way. Obviously I don't know your family at all, so I appreciate that maybe the grand children just didn't care about your FIL.