If I am the administrator of my dad’s estate, is his girlfriend entitled to anything if they were not common law married?
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If I am the administrator of my dad’s estate, is his girlfriend entitled to anything if they were not common law married?
Asked on March 17, 2013 under Estate Planning, Texas
Answers:
Catherine Blackburn / Blackburn Law Firm
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
Unless your father left a will, put his girlfriend on the title to something (like a bank account), or named her as a beneficiary of insurance, she is not entitled to anything. The statutes of descent and distribution in the states do not recognize girlfriends - only family by blood and marriage.
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