My partner passed away, but we weren't married

In the case of a married couple where one spouse dies without leaving a Will, the surviving spouse is entitled to two-thirds of the Estate, with the remaining third divided among the children. However, as an unmarried couple, the law differs, writes solicitor Karen Walsh.

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Dear Karen,

I shared a life with my partner for a decade. His parents gifted him acres of farmland, which he farmed until his recent passing. Our two children, aged two and five, are now left without their father and myself without my partner, on which I was financially dependent.

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