Q: My Aunt recently committed suicide after selling her house. She had no will and left no note
She just sold her house in in NC and moved in with my Dad(her brother) in SC. I had been talking to her a lot recently and she had told me several times she felt like something was going to happen to her and she didn't want my dad to have her money. Being she has no surviving spouse, parents or children that's exactly who the money will go to. Without any written proof is there anything I can do? He has already filed a probate also
A: If the facts you related are true, there is nothing you can do. Her husband will inherit. The only exception would be if you can prove that she did not kill herself; rather, her husband killed her. If he killed her, then he does not inherit.
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