As a Jacksonville, Florida Probate Attorney, I recently was involved in a Duval County, Florida probate case where a mother of 9 children died without leaving a will.  The mother owned two homes at the time of her death.  Under Florida’s law of intestate succession, each child would be entitled to obtain a 1/9 interest in each property.  Because one of the properties was her homestead, the interests in the homestead descended on the date of death.  One of the children is in jail and another is a drug addict.