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Conveyance Cemetery Without A Will In Hennepin
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If you die without a will, Minnesota's inheritance laws will control how your estate will be divided. Your property will go to your spouse or closest relatives. If you have a spouse and children, the property will go to them by a set formula.
Spouses usually receive the estate first. If there are descendants, they share the estate with the spouse. If there is no spouse or descendants, parents or siblings are next in line.
If you die without a will, Minnesota's inheritance laws will control how your estate will be divided. Your property will go to your spouse or closest relatives. If you have a spouse and children, the property will go to them by a set formula.
There is no set deadline for transferring property after death in Minnesota, but probate typically takes several months to over a year to complete. The transfer occurs after the probate process is finished and the court approves distribution.
Minnesota law states that "Burial of a body must be in a legally registered cemetery." You might be able to get around this requirement by establishing a private cemetery on your land, though.
You may not need probate if there are no assets, or you are a joint owner of the assets. The non-probate assets that do not apply to the deceased person's debts are: Property with the right of survivorship. Insurance proceeds, such as life insurance.
The law generally provides that, without a will, your estate will pass to your spouse, if still alive, but in situations where either spouse has children from other marriages, the spouse's share may be less than the entire estate. If your spouse is not alive, your estate will pass to your children in equal shares.