Next Of Kin in United States
Next Of Kin Definition
The next of kin of a deceased person are his nearest blood relatives. It has been held that the next of kin included all blood relatives who took under the statute of distribution (28 How. Pr. [N. Y.] 417) ; but the more modern holding is that it includes only the nearest in blood, excluding some who may be within the statute (150 Mass. 225). It includes relatives of the half blood. The term does not include a surviving husband or wife, they not being related by blood. 113 Mass. 431; 44 111. 446; 69 N. Y. 36.
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The next of kin of a deceased person are his nearest blood relatives. It has been held that the next of kin included all blood relatives who took under the statute of distribution (28 How. Pr. [N. Y.] 417) ; but the more modern holding is that it includes only the nearest in blood, excluding some who may be within the statute (150 Mass. 225). It includes relatives of the half blood. The term does not include a surviving husband or wife, they not being related by blood. 113 Mass. 431; 44 111. 446; 69 N. Y. 36.
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