| If you've recently married someone and your spouse dies and your spouse did not update their documents, it will depend on which state you live in as to whether or not you will be entitled to receive any part of the estate. What you have working against you is, if it was a very short-term marriage, you may not be able to take what is called a "forced spousal share". Or if you're in a community property state, most likely you have not acquired any community property during the short term of the marriage and you may be left with nothing. |