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Heirship Determinations When a landowner dies without a will, or beneficiaries are not named in the will, it may be necessary to determine the rightful heirs in Oklahoma court, including intestate succession or probate proceedings. This is known as an heirship determination.

Your spouse inherits everything. Your spouse inherits 50 percent; your children inherit the rest. Your spouse inherits half of all property acquired by joint effort during your marriage and the remaining half is equally split among all of your children. Anything else is inherited by your children.

Ing to the laws of intestate succession in Oklahoma, one half of all property goes to the spouse and the other half goes to your children.

The affidavit must be signed by two witnesses who knew the deceased and can testify to the facts of the deceased's relationship to the heirs. It must also be notarized. The affidavit of heirship must be filed with the county court clerk in the county where the deceased resided in order to be valid and legally binding.

The Affidavit of Heirship form you file must contain: The decedent's date of death. The names and addresses of all witnesses. The relationships the witnesses had with the deceased. Details of the decedent's marital history. Family history listing all the heirs and the percentage of the estate they may inherit.

An affidavit of heirship should be signed by two disinterested witnesses. To qualify as a disinterested witness, one must be knowledgeable about the deceased and his or her family history, but cannot benefit financially from the estate.