Q: Can my mothers husband keep everything that belonged to her after her death if there was no will just because he thinks
everything she acquired before as well as after their now belongs marriage to him simply because he was her husband at the time of her death. Even things that were acquired while she and my father were married, as well as things that belonged to my grandmother that were given to me when she died but my mother was storing for me at her home? This is in the state of Oklahoma.
A: No he cannot keep all of the property she acquired before marriage or by inheritance. He would be entitled to a share.
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