Who does property title pass to?

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Who does property title pass to?

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If a family member (living in UK) was to die intestate, to whom would the title pass to? Family member has a son, 2 brothers and 2 sisters.
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Unfortunately if someone dies intestate and has property of any kind in Cyprus, their estate will be subject to the Cyprus laws on intestacy. I am not au fait with these laws, but here's something I found on the Internet:

Where a person has died intestate, that is without leaving a valid will, the Succession Law provides for the way that the estate of the deceased, will be distributed to the legal heirs. Specifically, the Succession Law provides that, after the repayment of the debts and obligations borne by the estate, the spouse of a deceased person shall be entitled to inherit a portion in the estate, as follows:

(i) If the deceased person has left except from the spouse, a child or a descendant of a child, they all receive equal shares.

(ii) If the deceased person has left neither a child or a descendant of a child, however he/she has left an ascendant or a descendant of an ascendant, up to a third degree of kinship, the portion of the surviving spouse shall be ½.

(iii) If the deceased person has left no child or a descendant of a child, or any ascendant or a descendant of an ascendant, up to a third degree of kinship, however, has left an ascendant or a descendant of an ascendant, up to a fourth degree of kinship, then the portion of the surviving spouse shall be ¾.

(iv) If, lastly, the deceased person has left no child or a descendant of a child, nor any ascendant or a descendant of an ascendant, up to a fourth degree of kinship, then the entitled portion of the surviving spouse shall be the whole estate of the deceased person.

After the calculation of the portion of the surviving spouse, the remaining portion of the deceased person’s estate, if any, will be distributed to the relatives of the deceased according to the degree of kinship, as provided under the Succession Law.


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