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Outline: what intestate means and why it governs most of the properties in this niche.
Walk the standard order: spouse, then children, then parents, then siblings — and how states differ.
Explain per stirpes with a worked example: an owner with three children, one of whom predeceased leaving two kids of their own.
Cover the traps: half-blood siblings, step-children, adopted children, and heirs who died after the owner (their share goes to their own estate, not back into the pool).
Note clearly that a valid will overrides all of it.