Will

[gcall23]

If your parent dies and the surviving spouse is your stepmom what are your rights to the estate if there's not a will? If there is a will what is the law about it being made public to the family?

 

[Betty3]

If a parent dies without a will, the assets will go the closest relative(s) under the state "intestate succession" laws.
Here's a link: http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/intestate-succession-oklahoma.html

If there is a will, someone should submit it for probate. It then becomes a public record. If you are a "beneficiary" in the will, you should be notified.

 

[army judge]

If your parent dies and the surviving spouse is your stepmom what are your rights to the estate if there's not a will? If there is a will what is the law about it being made public to the family?

If your father died without a will, ALL OF HIS WORLDLY possessions pass to his spouse.

Your stepmother just got all of YOUR father's stuff.

You take NOTHING.

If there was a will, you can petition the probate court (in some cases that's as simple as asking) the probate court to show you the goods.