If there is no will, can tenants object in probate to keep the home? | NC

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Q: If there is no will, do tenants have any way to object in probate to keep living in the home or receive the property? A: Usually, no—at least not just because they lived there a long time or the owner verbally said they wanted the tenant to have the house. When someone dies without a will, the home generally passes to the legal heirs under intestate succession rules, not to tenants who are…