In the absence of administration, the devisees are entitled to the estate in accordance with the terms of a probated will and the heirs in accordance with the laws of intestate succession. Devisees may establish title by the probated will to devised property. Persons entitled to property by exemption or intestacy may establish title thereto by proof of the decedent's ownership, his death, and their relationship to the decedent. Successors take subject to all charges incident to administration, including the claims of creditors and subject to the rights of others resulting from abatement, retainer, advancement, ademption, and elective share. HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 539, Section 1; 1987 Act No. 171, Section 39; 2013 Act No. 100, Section 1, eff January 1, 2014.
South Carolina Legal Code