{"id":5582,"date":"2016-10-28T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T09:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/?p=5582"},"modified":"2019-12-18T14:09:02","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T21:09:02","slug":"death-without-last-will-testament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/death-without-last-will-testament\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Without a Last Will and Testament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">By Matthew P. Stucki<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">When people in the community discover that I am an attorney that practices in the area of estate planning, one of the first questions that they ask is what happens upon my death if I do not have a Last Will and Testament. In response, I inform them that if they die in Idaho, the Idaho legislature has promulgated statutes that provide for the distribution of one\u2019s property upon death if there is not a valid Last Will and Testament.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">These statutes can be found in Idaho Code, Title 15, Chapter 2. In essence, all community property of a deceased individual passes to the surviving spouse. (See, Idaho Code \u00a7 15-2-102). However, if there is not a surviving spouse, then the deceased person\u2019s property passes according to the following priority:<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/death-without-last-will-testament\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Death Without a Last Will and Testament\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Matthew P. Stucki When people in the community discover that I am an attorney that practices in the area of estate planning, one of the first questions that they ask is what happens upon my death if I do not have a Last Will and Testament. 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