IHTM12175 - Succession: intestacy: distributions in Northern Ireland: other persons

If the deceased had no surviving spouse or civil partner (IHTM11032) or issue others may benefit in the following order

  • parents - equally if both living
  • brothers and sisters of half blood - equally and their issue per stirpes
  • grandparents - equally if more than one living
  • uncles and aunts - equally and their issue per stirpes
  • uncles and aunts of half blood - equally and their issue per stirpes
  • The Crown (IHTM12176).

If property is to be divided 바카라 사이트˜per stirpes바카라 사이트™ among the children of a deceased person, then each child takes an equal share. If a child has died before the deceased that child바카라 사이트™s children will take the share their parent would have taken - equally between them.

The rules provide that any beneficiary qualifying within a particular category excludes anyone from a lower category qualifying for benefit.

The rules also provide that, like the deceased바카라 사이트™s issue (IHTM12124), the brothers and sisters and aunts and uncles (or their issue where appropriate) do not take vested interests until they attain the age of 18 or marry.