# Mineral rights and estate law

**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-rights-and-estate-law/8684
**Category:** West Virginia Mineral Rights
**Created:** [October 27, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-rights-and-estate-law/8684 "2014-10-27T14:23:34Z")
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### Author: ![sandra\_defazio](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@sandra\_defazio](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/sandra_defazio)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-rights-and-estate-law/8684/1 "2014-10-27T14:23:34Z")

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I’m wondering if anyone can help with a question regarding how mineral rights inheritance works in this situation. My mother passed away in 1986. My father

remarried and went on to die in 1997 without a will. His second wife remarried within the year. Does she still retain 1/2 of his mineral rights and my sister and I only get 1/4 each? This woman has been married 4 times. It just does not seem right that she is walking away from each marriage with all of the children’s inheritance.

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### Author: ![Stephanie\_P](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/user_avatar/www.mineralrightsforum.com/stephanie_p/32/1024_2.png) [@Stephanie\_P](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Stephanie_P)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-rights-and-estate-law/8684/2 "2014-11-22T18:13:24Z")

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I know that our families rights can not be further separated.

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### Author: ![Nancy\_Mosley](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@Nancy\_Mosley](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Nancy_Mosley)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-rights-and-estate-law/8684/3 "2014-11-23T01:38:44Z")

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Who owned the mineral rights before your mother died? Did she have a will? That could make a difference. If all your father’s at your mother’s death, and with his not having a will, I think the second wife would be entitled to 1/2 of his rights. Fair or not (doesn’t seem fair I agree).

[http://www.legis.state.wv.us/WVcode/code.cfm?chap=42&art=1](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/WVcode/code.cfm?chap=42&art=1)

A good reason to have a will.

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### Author: ![system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/uploads/db5755/original/3X/6/c/6c7c56608c843272ad6e3662ce9562a5956f173e.png) [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-rights-and-estate-law/8684/4 "2018-08-15T00:09:33Z")

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