Does the Widow inherit everything when there's a revoked will?

[Busby15]

Does the widow get everything even though my brother wanted his nephew to inherit his share of his business?
He has a surviving Mother and two sibblings. Whats this �200,000 all about?

[Ethel]

No, the widow does not get everything if the deceased left an estate over �200,000:

# f there are parents, brothers or sisters of the whole blood, nephew or nieces:-

* Spouse gets everything up to *�200,000 & personal possessions.

# Anything remaining is divided into two:-

* Half of this goes to spouse
* Half to parents. If no parent is living then it goes to brothers or sisters or their children.

Remember though that if there is a house, and it is owned as a joint tenancy, this is excluded from the value of the estate - it is the widow's own property.

You say your brother wanted his nephews to inherit, but without a valid will they won't.