By Sea Sitka is a year-round port of call for the Alaska Marine Highway System (1-800-642-0066, www.dot.state.ak.us/amhs/). These state-operated ferries provide an extraordinary opportunity to navigate the Inside Passage at a leisurely pace.
Spouses in community property states are generally entitled to take all community property at death, and half in the case of divorce. If the husband inherited the property, or took title to it before the marriage, for example, the wife would not automatically be entitled to a share of it.
Once the administrator pays the expenses of the estate, they will proceed with the probate process. The next step in the probate process is identifying heirs. The probate laws will determine who is a legal heir. The most easily identifiable heirs include surviving spouses, children, and parents.