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Laws of Intestacy

If you die without a Will you are said to die “intestate.”  In that case, the laws of intestacy apply to distribute your assets as follows:

First, if you are married when you die your surviving spouse will receive:

  1. the entire estate if (a) you leave no children,

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New Laws 2011 – Change in the Intestate Share of a Surviving Spouse

Fla. Stat. 732.102 governs the distribution to a surviving spouse of an intestate estate – one in which the decedent did not leave a Last Will – by providing the following three alternatives:

  1. the decedent leaves no surviving children, in which case the surviving spouse receives the entire intestate estate;

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