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Intestate Succession Essay.docx  GOV-360  Intestate Succession Essay  GOV-360  Intestate succession takes place when someone passes away and they have not left a will to say where their property will go or who it will go to. Their wealth and possessions are then passed onto their heirs based on how they believed an individual would have left it if there was a will in place (FindLaw, 2018). The purpose of this is to distribute one ™s wealth and possessions  in the most reasonable way possible. This also keeps everything organized.  Who Will Take from a Decedent ™s Estate?  A surviving spouse will be the first who is entitled to an entire estate if they have children with the decedent, if the decedent does not have children or surviving parents, or if the children and parents did not survive. If both of the parents were to pass on, the next step would be to go to their children. However, if they have no children or if the