Does a Daughter-in-Law Inherit When the Father-in-Law Leaves No Will?
Does a daughter-in-law inherit the estate if her father-in-law dies without a will?
Clause 1, Article 650 of the Civil Code 2015 stipulates the cases of inheritance according to the law as follows:
- Inheritance according to the law is applied in the following cases:
a) There is no will;
b) The will is not legally valid;
c) The heirs under the will die before or at the same time as the testator; the organizations and agencies that are entitled to inheritance under the will do not exist at the time of opening the inheritance;
d) The persons designated as heirs under the will do not have the right to inherit, or they refuse to receive the inheritance.
Clause 1, Article 651 of the Civil Code 2015 stipulates the heirs according to the law as follows:
- The heirs by law are specified in the following order:
a) The first inheritance category includes: spouse, biological father, biological mother, adoptive father, adoptive mother, biological children, adoptive children of the deceased;
b) The second inheritance category includes: paternal grandfather, paternal grandmother, maternal grandfather, maternal grandmother, biological siblings of the deceased; the grandchildren of the deceased whose paternal or maternal grandparents are the deceased;
c) The third inheritance category includes: paternal great-grandparents, maternal great-grandparents of the deceased; paternal uncles, paternal aunts, paternal uncles-in-law, maternal uncles, maternal aunts, maternal uncles-in-law of the deceased; the grandchildren of the deceased whose paternal uncles, paternal aunts, paternal uncles-in-law, maternal uncles, maternal aunts, maternal uncles-in-law are the deceased; the great-grandchildren of the deceased whose paternal great-grandparents, maternal great-grandparents are the deceased.
Based on the current regulations, in the case where your father-in-law did not leave a will, the estate will be divided according to the law. Accordingly, in the case of inheritance according to the law, the daughter-in-law is not entitled to inherit the estate from her father-in-law, so you will not receive the estate left by your father-in-law.
How is inheritance regulated in the case of spouses dividing common property; spouse applying for divorce or remarrying?
Article 655 of the Civil Code 2015 regulates inheritance in the case of spouses dividing common property; spouse applying for divorce or remarrying as follows:
In the case where the spouses have divided common property while the marriage still exists and one spouse dies later, the surviving spouse is still entitled to inherit the estate.
In the case where the spouses apply for divorce but has not been granted or has been granted a divorce by a court judgment or decision that has not yet taken legal effect, if one spouse dies, the surviving spouse is still entitled to inherit the estate.
The person who is the lawful spouse of a deceased person at the time of death, regardless of whether they have remarried another person later, is still entitled to inherit the estate.
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