What happens to a deceased parent's share of a house? | NC

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Q: What happens to a deceased parent's share of a house when the first parent's estate may never have been probated? A: If the parents owned the house as tenants in common, the first parent's share usually does not automatically go to the surviving parent. It normally passes under a will, or if there was no will, to that parent's heirs under intestacy law — even if no estate was opened at the…