Inheritance/succession law deals with the passage of a person’s property rights at his/her death. It is a generally accepted rule that, in the absence of an express provision made by a deceased person, his estate will, by operation of law, go to his close relatives upon his death. Persons with such rights of inheritance are called heirs. A person is said to die “intestate” when he dies without making a will. In such case, the property of the deceased will be disposed of under