Stepchildren Get NOTHING If You Die Without a Will #family #finance

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:00]What could go wrong if you die without a will and you want your stepchildren to receive an inheritance?

[00:00:07]Well, um first off, if you die without a will, you're going to need to go through or one of your family members is going to need to go through an intestate probate. Um so and within that, there's going to have to be a determination of of heirship. Uh so the individual here in this hypo didn't write his own will. Uh so he didn't get to determine how his assets were distributed. The state of Texas decided for him.

[00:00:34]>> Right, it's in the statutes.

[00:00:36]>> Yeah. Yeah, so depending upon who he was survived by, um you know, whether it be a mother or father or siblings, uh that's who it's going to go to. Uh assuming he's not married and or or if he's a a widower or whatever it may be.

[00:00:50]>> There's so many factors.

[00:00:52]>> Yeah. Yeah, you just you have no control at that point. Zero.