Dying intestate

If a person has not made a will, in most countries the division of their estate will be based on the laws of intestacy, (even reverting to the government) and not the wishes of the deceased.

A survey in the UK found that only 41% of married people had made a will. Altogether in the UK, two-thirds of people do not make wills.

1. Lack of accountability in the disposal of wealth

1. Prohibitive death duties
2. Denial of right to inherit property

1. Unavailability of legal information
2. Sudden death
3. Prohibitive legal costs
4. Inadequate registration of wills
5. Forgery of wills and testaments

1. Inheritance of widows
2. Ineffective testamentary dispositions among countries

1. Writing a will
2. Dying intestate

1. Will
2. Failure
3. Death