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My ex passed away 3 months ago. Together,we have a 14 year old son. My ex had a workers comp suit and was about to settle and unfortunatly passed away. Of course he had an attorney who was representing his comp suit, and I just recently found out that workers comp is going to go ahead and settle "with him". My ex remarried a little over a year ago. So basically, ex has a surviving spouse and 1 surviving minor child. Where will this money go? Are there beneficiaries on things like this? Will it go into an estate? If so, who sets up the estate? There was no will. Is spouse entitled to all of it, or will my son see any of this money? Thank you for any answers.
My ex passed away 3 months ago. Together,we have a 14 year old son. My ex had a workers comp suit and was about to settle and unfortunatly passed away. Of course he had an attorney who was representing his comp suit, and I just recently found out that workers comp is going to go ahead and settle "with him". My ex remarried a little over a year ago. So basically, ex has a surviving spouse and 1 surviving minor child. Where will this money go? Are there beneficiaries on things like this? Will it go into an estate? If so, who sets up the estate? There was no will. Is spouse entitled to all of it, or will my son see any of this money? Thank you for any answers.