A father remarries, moves in with his new wife, and dies without a will. His adult sons never spoke up about their discomfort. Now Tennessee intestate law leaves the family fighting over assets titled only in his name, including the house.
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They were in love and didn't want to rock the boat too much because it was a sensitive issue. You didn't want to create a conflict. Father married a woman, a new woman, and moved in, and the boys were not crazy about that. Surprise. You know, they were in love and didn't want to rock the boat too much because it was a sensitive issue. You didn't want to create a conflict, so they didn't do anything together. To plan. Sure. What happens moving forward. And he died unexpectedly and without a will, without any direction as far as what property went where. Everything was in his name alone, including the house. And so the wife was faced with really limited rights in that it was a fallback on Tennessee law.