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Sad Cypress - help!

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aj_danforth 17 Feb 12 at 6:37 p.m. GMT

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john_c_hamilton 21 Feb 12 at 3:09 p.m. GMT

Since the illegitimate daughter is dead, although if the Welmans carried a title - no matter how low in the ranks - the law would never favour the claim of such a child, and the person named in her will to inherit everything is to be incarcerated and hanged for murder, the will should most probably declared void, and the estate reverts to Elinor.

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Tommy_A_Jones 20 Feb 12 at 12:49 p.m. GMT

I would like to think the Government would advertize for Relatives in The Times, and other Newspapers and Probate Resarch Companies would battle it out for the Job of finding Relatives (I am a Fan of Heir Hunters)

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