When someone dies intestate, the property automatically go to the survive partner unless there are children.

当某人无遗嘱死亡，财产自动归幸存的伴侣，除非他还有孩子。

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And since 1991 the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, a group dedicated to rationalizing and harmonizing state laws, has urged states to make this the default for a married person with kids (but no children from a previous marriage) who dies intestate.

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