Ex-Wife's & son's rights to former husbands estate

[AnnieO]

I was divorced form my husband in 1996 due to his unfaithfulness after 24 years of marriage, and I (without taking any legal advice - which was stupid) paid him half of everything we jointly owned at the time. i.e half the house, half the value of the jointly owned endowment policy and half the value of our savings account. I have since bitterly resented doing this, as during our entire marriage, all the money I earned went back into the family ( we had one son)- I paid for almost everything while he gambled, drank and generally had a great old time. This caused me to have to re-mortgage and continue working while he was able to retire at 47! He remarried and owned a large house in this country, a villa in Spain, and a static caravan on the coast and perhaps other valuables that I don't know about.
He has recently died and I would like to know if I have any rights to reclaim any of this money ( I suspect not) but more importantly what rights my son (now aged 33)would have to any of this money - it annoys me that just a few years after making this large settlement to him, his current wife will get all the benefit of it. Is my son entitled to any of it and is he entitled to any part of the company pension his father was receiving? My son has a daughter of his own, and he and his partner struggle financially & I help out when I can , but a decent settlement to them would make all the difference to their lives, which is why I want to make sure he fights for his entitlements. Thank you for your help.

[treborrobert]

over 10 years and you are askin now ? was there no will ? i would tell your son to go and see his widow and ask was there a will and if he was left anything !....if no will .. he has no hope at all ... she will get the lot ... as for vila / large house /caravan... on his retirement ? was all this his or his widows ?