Maine High Court Affirms Ruling That Residual Estate Passes To Decedent’s Daughter

(May 29, 2024, 11:02 AM EDT) -- PORTLAND, Maine — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court affirmed a probate court’s ruling that a decedent’s daughter is the beneficiary of the decedent’s residual estate, finding that because the probated will did not address disposition of the residuary estate if the decedent survived her husband, who predeceased her, the probate court correctly determined that pursuant to intestate succession, the decedent’s daughter is the beneficiary of the residual estate....

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