Rules of intestacy calculator
See who inherits, and how much, when someone dies without a valid will in England or Wales.
Your details
Married or in a civil partnership at death?
Your entitlement
Spouse or civil partner receives
£421,000.00
| Estate (after debts, excluding belongings) | £500,000.00 |
| Personal belongings | £10,000.00 |
| Spouse: personal belongings | £10,000.00 |
| Spouse: statutory legacy | £322,000.00 |
| Spouse: half of remainder | £89,000.00 |
| Spouse or civil partner total | £421,000.00 |
| Children share other half (2) | £89,000.00 |
| Each child receives | £44,500.00 |
- • Applies in England and Wales to deaths on or after 26 July 2023 (statutory legacy £322,000).
- • Unmarried partners inherit nothing under intestacy; they may be able to claim under the Inheritance Act 1975.
- • Jointly owned property held as joint tenants passes to the surviving owner outside these rules.
- • Children's shares are held on trust until they reach 18 or marry. A child who has died is replaced by their own children.