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I have an elederly relative who owns no property and lives alone, but who does have a fair bit of cash stashed in a savings acount. He refuses to make a will as he says 'if i do someone wil kill me' depsite his intention to leave it all to one person (not me) who would obviously become suspect number 1.
If he dies with no will, what happens to his money?
A solicitor will take great pleasure in
A) advising how it gets split up
B) sharing it out, and
C) taking his share.
It would go to any offspring first, split equally. If there are none, then brothers/sisters. If any are dead, their share moves to their offrping, split between them etc.
For example, when my grandmother died, my father was already dead, so my sister and I got half each of my dad's share.
Any will that goes outwith these provisions is dead easy to contest, so they say.