What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? INDIANA MY MOM HAD A MEDICAL MALPRACTICE SUIT FILED ,MY STEP DAD FILED IT, HE HAS SINCE PASSED AWAY SETTLEMENT WAS MADE,MY MOM HAD NO WILL,MY QUESTION IS WHY DOES HIS ESTATE GET HALF OF THIS SETTLEMENT ?I READ ON INTESTATE AND IT SAID HE WOULD OF BEEN ENTITLED TO 25 PERCENT BUT SINCE HE IS NO LONGER WITH US WHY DOES IT GO INTO HIS ESTSTE FOR HIS KIDS,HIM AND MY MOM NEVER HAD KIDS TOGETHER.WHY ALL THE CONFLICTS WITH THIS LAW ?