heirs-at-law
Intestate estate recipients
Heirs-at-law are the people legally entitled to inherit from someone who dies without a valid will.
The law determines who qualifies based on blood relationship or marriage—typically spouse, children, then parents, siblings, and more distant relatives in a fixed order.
The court identified three heirs-at-law to divide the estate.
The singular is heir-at-law.
Property received from ancestors
- intestateHaving made no will
- estateProperty and grounds
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- descendantPerson from earlier generations
distribution · probate · decedent · statutory · lineage · bloodline · primogeniture · entitlement
Enacted written rule
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- petitionFormal written appeal
- administratorPerson who manages operations
executor · escheat · disinheritance · contested · claimant · title · deed · conveyance
Young human beings
- spouseMarried partner
- parentsMother and father
- siblingsFellow offspring
- grandchildrenOffspring of offspring
issue · offspring · progeny · kindred · legitimate · adopted · firstborn · half-blood
inheritance
Property received from ancestors
- intestateHaving made no will
- estateProperty and grounds
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
descendant · distribution · probate · decedent · statutory · lineage · bloodline · primogeniture · entitlement · devise
statute
Enacted written rule
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- petitionFormal written appeal
administrator · executor · escheat · disinheritance · contested · claimant · title · deed · conveyance · partition
children
Young human beings
grandchildren · issue · offspring · progeny · kindred · legitimate · adopted · firstborn · half-blood · genealogy