For most Edmonton parents, this isn't a question anyone wants to sit with for long: if something happened to you, who would raise your children? It's uncomfortable to think about, and easy to put off.
Ask most people in Edmonton what happens to a common-law partner's inheritance if their partner dies without a will, and you'll usually hear the same answer: nothing. The house goes to the kids, or the parents, or gets divided among relatives, and the person who shared a life — and maybe a mortgage — with the deceased is left with no legal claim at all.
If you're separated or divorced in Edmonton and you already have a will, it's easy to assume the law has already "fixed" it for you — or that nothing changes until you get around to updating it yourself. Neither assumption is quite right, and which one applies depends on two specific facts: whether you're divorced or only separated, and whether you have a will at all.
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